Michael Franti & Spearhead

Love is da shit

Michael Franti & Spearhead


Say when you called me that night 
to tell me that things 
they weren't goin' alright with your boyfriend 
was it me or did you just need somebody to talk to 
Say is it you or the fact that I can't be near you 
that keeps you in the front of my mind 
when your breath is the last thing that you say 
when your voice goes away 
and a breath is the last thing that you say 

But the warmth of your lips on my fingertips won't go away 
when I drop my head in my hands and play 
the memory of that might in L.A. 
again and again and again 
because I can't think straight and I can't sleep late 
the few times we shared I try to recreate 
I know this is wrong better stop this talk 
cause grass can grow up through a crack in the sidewalk 
and what I see when I look in your eyes 
grass that's truly greenest sprouting inside 
I wasn't even looking when I realized 
that you had the vibe that was my fertilizer 
thought love in this world was dead and buried and gone 
how could I be so cynical when I was so young 
you hit me in the chest like and 808 boom 
I found love is the shit that makes life bloom! 

(chorus) 

Love is the shit that makes life bloom 
and you never know when you might step in it! 
love is the shit that makes life bloom 
and you never know when you might... 

But fate is like a pigeon that follows me around 
sometimes he flies ahead and he brings me what he found 
then he'll drop it on my head leave me numb 
from the brain down 
that's the way it was when I walked upon your ground 

The irrepressible and impermissable 
are the two things that have made my life miserable 
'cause spirits don't leave if you don't talk about 'em 
and memories come back when you don't think aabout 'em 
I wish I had an ocean of some magic potion 
I'd trade all this emotion for a few moments of motion 
I've never felt this way some things can't be rehearsed 
now I'm grindin' up my gearbox tryin' to find reverse 
because... 

(chorus) 

(bridge) 
But I want to keep on walkin' 
Right through 
And let this fellin' rock me 
ooh-oooh! 
(repeat) 
"ya know fallin' in love is like easing into a hot tub. 
it feels good on your feet but by the time you 
get to your mid section you know your either 
gonna get all the way in or all the way out!" 

But music brings me comfort in this grieving hour 
the Sade tape tells me it's all over for now 
I listen read hard but don't dare play it loud 
'cause I don't wanna think what you might be doin' now 
sometimes it feels like a bad initiation but you 
woke my hear from a long hibernation 
you were worth every risk so I gave my hear room 
and now I'm deep in the doo-doo 
that makes life bloom 
because... 

(chorus) 

(bridge) 
See the flowers bloomin' in the springtime 
see the bees zoomin' in the sunshine 
(repeat)