Ah, mm
Whoa, whoa, whoa
When your world is full of strange arrangements
And gravity won't pull you through
You know you're missing out on something
Well that something depends on you

All I'm saying
It takes a lot to love you
All I'm doing
You know it's true
All I mean now
There's one thing yes one thing
That turns this gray sky to blue

(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love
(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love
(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love

When your girl has left you out on the pavement (goodbye)
Then your dreams fall apart at the seams
Your reason for living's, your reason for leaving
Don't ask me what it means

(Who got the look)
I don't know the answer to that question
(Where's the look)
If I knew I would tell you
What's the look
Look for your information
Yes there's one thing, the one thing
That still holds true
(What's that)

(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love
(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love
(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love

(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love
(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love
(That's the look, that's the look)
The look of love

If you judge a book by the cover
Then you judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me I go from one extreme to another

And all my friends just might ask me
They say, "Martin, maybe one day you'll find true love"
And I say, maybe there must be a solution to
The one thing, the one thing we can't find

(That's the look, that's the look)
Sisters and brothers
(That's the look, that's the look)
Should help each other
(That's the look, that's the look)
Heavens above
(That's the look, that's the look)
Hip hip hooray aye
(That's the look, that's the look)
Yippie aiy yippee yaye
(That's the look, that's the look)
Be lucky in love
Look of love


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The Look Of Love Lyrics as written by Martin David Fry David Gerald Palmer

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    Off of my favorite college album (followed by Stray Cat's first album, The Clash's first album, and Thriller). Just heard this song today on my drive back into town. It's wonderful, but definitely has that 80's new wave-ish sound. Just a song about looking for love and how it can come in strange places and with strange people:)

    NooContacton August 06, 2012   Link

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