is love?

I was listening to a new song on the radio
and the singer sang that love is all we need to know
so I tapped my feet till the tune was done
then the DJ said the war had just begun
all fall in line - dance to the marching drum

            is love
            all we need?
            is it everything they’re saying?
            is love
            something more
            than the latest song we’re playing?
            if it’s true
            then it’s time we played from the heart
            yes it’s time we practiced the art
            we can clap and sing
            but does it really mean anything
            to say that all we need is love?

I was playing Beatles music in an empty bar
like a madman fighting gravity with my guitar
when the towers fell I was lost in song
now I search myself to find which note went wrong
it slipped through my hands like smoke from a warm gun

            is love
            all we need?
            is it everything they’re saying?
            is love
            something more
            than that good old song we’re playing?
            if it’s true
            then it’s time we played from the heart
            yes it’s time we practiced the art
            there’s so much to say
            but we just keep talking our lives away

            is love
            all we need?
            is it everything they’re saying?
            is love
            something real?
            is it worth the price we’re paying?
            if it’s true
            then it’s time we made up our minds
            not to waste our breath spinning rhymes
            spouting grand cliches
            for it doesn’t really mean anything to say
            that all we need is love.

© 1991 by jeffrey wash