The Love Boutique (Like It's 89 Suite) - Richard Charles Stevens Fusions

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love is the message
.
let it stay and play
let it stay and play
let it play
let it stay
let it stay and play
.
let it stay and play
let it stay and play
let it stay
let it play
let it play and stay
.
love is the message
this is why i spread it far and wide
why i choose to reflect every time i feel blessed by its dressing in kind
love isn’t blind
it’s why my wide eyes realign
when i bid swift recline in shade
why the magic tree need never be so faraway
love can be expressive in so very many ways
once we do our level best to let it stay and play
.
love is often viewed as tea for two and need to know
love addresses harvest moon with every seed we sow
love has but one point to prove
attuned to speedy growth
of something pure and simple—truth be known
a safe place
ours to decorate
as home
a safe place
ours to decorate
as home
something pure and simple—truth be known
a safe place
ours to decorate
as home
.
let it stay and play
let it stay and play
let it play
let it stay
let it stay and play
.
let it stay and play
let it stay and play
let it stay
let it play
let it stay and play
.
foundations shake when they’re made on false stone
boundaries chafe when we claim souls our own
they can be given
to infinite keep
providing we supply them with the freedom to breathe
need not commit to the sinking of teeth
when a full heart knows best how to willingly bleed
need not commit to the sinking of teeth
when a full heart knows best how to willingly bleed
.
love is the message
need not seem obscene
knows how to guide us through turbulent seas
camps out inside us all set to release
when we learn how to give and accept it with ease
fervent and keen each excursion foreseen
through stargazing eyes that invite us to reach for our dreams
.
let it stay
let it play
let it stay and play
.
love makes suggestion we say what we see
make someone’s day when they see what we say
make someone’s week when we speak the same tongue
do this enough we may make someone’s month
.
let it stay
let it play
let it stay and play
.
teach them to run every miracle mile
make them feel safe as they take every plunge
break chains and face every clinical trial
with feelings no longer expunged
.
L before O
before V
before E
one four letter word and sound reason to breathe
.
L before O
before V
before E
one four letter word and sound reason to breathe
.
love takes exception to claim that our race has been run
(love is the message
need not seem obscene)
love is affectionate endlessly brave when outgunned
(love is the message
need not seem obscene)
.
love will find a way provide a hideaway on danger days
realign our major aims reliant on trust funds
more than simply plus one thus one step away from free
when someone stands beside us and reminds us that we’re seen
this is why i spread it far and wide
why i choose to reflect every time i feel blessed by its dressing
convalescing
reassessing life in kind
.
reassessing life in kind
.
why my wide eyes realign
when i bid swift recline in shade
why the magic tree need never be so faraway
love can be progressive in so very many ways
once we do our level best to better dress its praise
.
L before O
before V
before E
one four letter word so much more when concurred
to be seen
to be heard
need not seem to be absurd
indeed we owe it to ourselves to venture keen
.
love supplies a timely high to all five active senses
love can go the distance
even farther when extended
love is what we make it
not so only when we fake it
love’s cool breeze is all we need to rise from fallen autumn leaves
if only we climb tallest tree and shake it
then all we see can be divine and sacred
love can be expressive in so very many ways
once we do our level best to let it stay and play
.