Warm Love

Van Morrison

Look at the ivy on the cold clinging wall
Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall
It's not a matter of when push comes to shove
It's just an hour on the wings of a dove

It's just warm love
It's just warm love

I dig it when you're fancy dressed up in lace
I dig it when you have a smile on your face
This inspiration's got to be on the flow
These invitations got to see it and know

It's just warm love
It's just warm love

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
Warm love

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
That warm love

To the country I'm going
Lay and laugh in the sun
You can bring your guitar along
We'll sing some songs and we'll have some fun

The sky is crying and it's time to go home
And we shall hurry to the car from the foam
Sit by the fire and dry out our wet clothes
It's raining outside from the skies up above

Inside it's warm love
Inside it's warm love

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
That warm love

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
That warm love, can you feel it

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
That warm love, hey

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
That warm love, hey

And it's ever present everywhere
And it's ever present everywhere
That warm love


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    Very very good song

    iggystoogeson April 21, 2004   Link
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    i donno what it is about this song! it should be soooo happy i mean its supposed to be happy, but it makes me want to cry, it just feels so sad to me... i have no idea why!

    Livenlaugh21on April 27, 2004   Link
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    i love this song, i sing it all the time in the car listenin to it, kinda wierd to many people but i love it

    aiwubfon May 14, 2005   Link
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    The contradistinction of cold outside, warm inside -

    could this man write lyrics? - sang well occasionally too!!.

    vasnmoGoon March 23, 2006   Link
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    This song gets ladies in the mood for love.

    vasnmoGoon April 13, 2007   Link
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    this song just sounds so beautiful. there does sort of seem to be an underlying sadness though, maybe becuase he is signing about days that he misses? idk.

    "the sky is crying and its time to go home" thats my favourite line.

    esme_for_everon August 12, 2007   Link
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    Hurry to the car from the foam - ever done that at the sea in winter?

    nagromnaion April 03, 2008   Link
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    This has to be one of my favorites of Van Morrison.

    guniceon May 25, 2008   Link

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