Love is real, real is love
Love is feeling, feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved

Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved

Love is you
You and me
Love is knowing
We can be

Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved


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Love Lyrics as written by John Lennon

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    What more can you say about this song. its just so perfect.

    poohblueskyon June 29, 2003   Link
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    This is one of the clearest visions you will ever come across.

    Gforce38on June 30, 2004   Link
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    This song is simply beautiful and sweet. The little piano intro and closing is very sweet too. It's pure poetry. How can you not be inspired to love after listening to this song?

    Eatcarpeton January 28, 2005   Link
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    "Love is free, free is love"

    John is obviously referring to free love, a common hippie/communist philosophy at the time.

    Unreadyon December 06, 2005   Link
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    Yeah but did you ever notice that you feel like this when you're in love?!?! It's like when you're with that person, everything you two do is "love"

    green_day_babyon December 25, 2005   Link
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    unready: i don think he is referring to free love in the context you mean, or at least not only that

    charlotte474on January 04, 2006   Link
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    haha i think he's talking about the opposite of free love. He's talking about the untouchable bond between two ppl and how all they need is the love from one another.

    JessicaJayneon January 18, 2006   Link
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    Very great song, I love the beginning and the end, the song as a whole sounds so fragile.

    placebiston February 05, 2006   Link
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    This song juist blew me away.

    You're right, it's so perfect. Every lines are perfect.

    Love is everywhere.

    We are Love.

    Love is wanting to be Loved.

    We are wanting to be Loved.

    This song is so delicate and honest and truthful.

    God, I just love John Lennon.

    handsdown4dbeatleson February 05, 2006   Link
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    This song is about love and a bakery he once visited while in russia

    Thebeatles123on May 24, 2006   Link

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