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Watch out sister, watch out brother
Watch our children while they kill each other
With a gun they bought at Walmart discount stores
Welcome to the hallway metal detector just been installed, hey
Isn't cops and robbers gettin' to be a big bore?
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Close your door now, it's much too scary
And you might see something you wish you hadn't seen
Out of sight, out of time
Out of patience, and I'm out of my mind
Governor, tell me what does it mean
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to be a hippy 'cause life was so sweet
Well, good morning, hate, yeah
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to rock and roll up and down the street
I've got a message
Oh yeah
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing, yeah-yeah
Politicians on a mission
Bring 'em up, bring 'em down
For the good of the system
Well, we don't like the way you live your life
I got one thing I must express
We try our criminals in the press
Justice is a fading light
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Close your door now, it's much too scary
And you might see something you wish you hadn't seen
Out of sight, out of time
Out of patience, and I'm out of my mind
Governor, tell me what does it mean
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to be a hippy 'cause life was so sweet
Well, good morning, hate, yeah
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to rock and roll up and down the street
I've got a message
Oh yeah
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Watch our children while they kill each other
With a gun they bought at Walmart discount stores
Welcome to the hallway metal detector just been installed, hey
Isn't cops and robbers gettin' to be a big bore?
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Close your door now, it's much too scary
And you might see something you wish you hadn't seen
Out of sight, out of time
Out of patience, and I'm out of my mind
Governor, tell me what does it mean
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to be a hippy 'cause life was so sweet
Well, good morning, hate, yeah
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to rock and roll up and down the street
I've got a message
Oh yeah
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing, yeah-yeah
Politicians on a mission
Bring 'em up, bring 'em down
For the good of the system
Well, we don't like the way you live your life
I got one thing I must express
We try our criminals in the press
Justice is a fading light
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Close your door now, it's much too scary
And you might see something you wish you hadn't seen
Out of sight, out of time
Out of patience, and I'm out of my mind
Governor, tell me what does it mean
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to be a hippy 'cause life was so sweet
Well, good morning, hate, yeah
Dance, children, dance to the beat
Want to rock and roll up and down the street
I've got a message
Oh yeah
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love is a good, love is a good
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Love Is a Good Thing Lyrics as written by Sheryl Crow Charles Wadham
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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i think that this song is sheryl trying to say that people need to hate less and love more. also it's talking about how messed up society is in general.
whatever it means, it's an awesome song.
It seems like Sheryl's listing the social changes she had been witnessing, and offering up love as a solution.
The line "Mary, Mary, quite contrary/ Close the door now/ It's much too scary," symbolizes the world's willingness to try and ignore pressing issues like violence in schools and an unjust court system. The world would rather close the door than face the "much too scary" problems facing them.