Ry Cooder

That's The Way Love Turned Out To Be

Ry Cooder


Brand new day, brave new man 
It's a miracle what love can do 
All the joys romance can bring 
Come smiling down on a heart that's true 
When love is real, you can't turn it around 
It's like a river running down to the sea 
This old world turns around for lovers like you 
It's not the way love turned out for me 

People in love build a house they can share 
Takes a long time to get it just right 
But a fire can start in the kitchen somewhere 
And burn that little house down over night 
That flame burning bright in your heart, I believed that 
You turned it on just for me 
Another man held that fire, burned our house to the ground 
That's the way love turned out for me 

People turn out for the big show 
Pretty flowers turn out in the spring 
And the light turns out in the kitchen 
When somebody pulls on the string 
But there's no light burning in my kitchen 
And no doors open up with my key 
And I ain't got no one to turn to 
That's the way love turned out for me