The Game of Love (feat. Michelle Branch) Lyrics
One kiss and boom, you're the only one for me.
So please tell me,
Why,
Don't you come around no more?
'Cause right now I'm cryin' outside the door of your candy store
It started with a kiss,
Now we're up to bat.
A little bit of laughs, a little bit of pain
I'm telling you, my babe
It's all in the game of love
Sunshine instead of this cold, lonely sea.
So please baby
Try
And use me for what I'm good for;
It ain't saying good-bye,
It's knocking down the door of your candy store.
It started with a kiss,
now we're up to bat.
A little bit of laughs, a little bit of pain
I'm telling you, my babe
It's all in the game of love.
It's all in this game of love.
Please hold me
You guide me, divide me into one..
Why,
Don't you come around no more?
'Cause right now I'm dying outside the door of your loving store
It started with a kiss,
Now we're up to bat.
A little bit of laughs, a little bit of pain
I'm telling you, my babe
It's all in the game of love.
(A little bit of this, a little bit of that)
It's all in this game of love.
It's all in the game of love.
(A little bit of laughs, a little bit of pain)
Let's play the game of love.
(A little bit of this, a little bit of that)
Make me feel good, yeah
(A little bit of laughs, a little bit of pain)
(A little bit of this, a little bit of that...)
The music is great. The harmony between Santana’s riffs and Branch’s light vocals… It just works.
The lyrics are trash. I cringe every time Michelle sings about his candy store. She’s a young girl who comes off even younger than she is; Santana is a legend from a much older generation—the implication is unseemly. I get the image of a little girl being lured into an older man’s windowless white van. Free candy!
I also hate “roll me, control me,” “guide me, divide me,” and worst of all, “use me for what I’m good for.”
I have no problem with lusty lyrics, that’s fine. But not in this context.
It was acceptable for the original version with Tina Turner, who’s a mature woman and a legend in her own right. She’s on equal footing with Santana. If she’s singing about candy stores, we know it’s just roleplay—the game of love.
But with Michelle’s sweet and girly voice, it sounds literal.
Hang the lyricist. Anything else would’ve been better. I wish she’d been babbling nonsense instead.
Michelle Branch sounds way more mature in this song than in alot of the other songs she sings, in my opinion. Also santana's guitar is just AWESOME.
At first, I thought this was Leeann Rimes singing, but I was then informed it was Michelle Branch. I must say, she does really good in this song. The song in itself is like wanting a love, wishing that the person of thier affections would just come around thier way once more. :) Santana rocks!
This is actually a Santana song, "featuring" Michelle Branch. It's on his album, not hers.
this is a very good song because if you see the music video even better it has a good meaning later
i grew up listening to artists like santana, he's a true musical pionier. i love his music, this is a really really feel-good song. michelle branch really did a good job on this song. one of my new favorites ;)
it's "tell me" not "show me". other than that, it's a cute song
I just want to say that Santana is the best guitarist ever. He's freakin' awesome...and I agree, Michelle does sound very mature in this song. She sings pretty good in this song, didn't even recognize it was her when I first heard it today. I'm really liking this song a lot. =)
when i saw the video i thought that man Michelle Branch sings like an angel, and Carlos Santana is such an awsome guitarist. i cant wait until him album comes out. i heard that P.O.D will play a song from santana? awesome
i LOVE michelle branch, and santana's playing rox too.