Once I had a strange love
A mad sort of insane love
A love so fast and fierce I thought I'd die

Yes, once I had a strange love
A pure but very pained love
A love that burned like fire through a field

Oh, once I had a strange love
A childlike but deranged love
A love that if were bottled it would kill

See, once I had a strange love
A secret and untamed love
A love that took no prisoners at all

Strange love...

And once I had a strange love
A psychic unexplained love
A love that challenged scientific facts

And then there was that strange love
That very badly trained love
A love that needed discipline and facts

And once I had a strange love
A public acclaimed love
The kind of love that's seen in magazines

Strange love...

And once I had a strange love
A beautiful but vain love
A love I think that's better left in dreams

Strangest love of all...

And once I had a strange love
A morally inflamed love
We'd go on holy battles in the nights

And then there was that strange love
That vulgar and profane love
The kind of love that we don't talk about

Yes, once I had a strange love
A lying infidel love
Who'd woven stories like Scheherazade

And once I had a strange love
A flaky white kinky love
We ran so fast we almost spilled our guts

You see, I've had some strange love
Some good, some bad, some plain love
Some so-so love, so what?
And c'est la vie!

But just let me proclaim, love
That, out of all the strange love
You're the strangest love I've ever known

Strangest love I've ever known...


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    I adore this song!

    candy.cloudson January 10, 2008   Link

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