SWITCH BLADES OF LOVE
BY STEVE YOUNG
©1989 , STARRY PYRAMID MUSIC, B.M.I.

FOR ALL THOSE SPIRIT CHILDERN WHO CAME IN HERE IN THE NAME OF LOVE
INTO THIS WORLD WITH ITS BOTTOM LINE OF FLESH AND BLOOD,
FOR ALL THOSE WOMEN BEATEN IN THE NAME OF LOVE...
YES AND FOR THOSE WHO STRUCK THE BLOWS,...
MOTHER, FATHER......
SISTER, BROTHER......
FRIEND AND FOE........
AND THE LOVERS OF COURSE..........

VERSE 1.
LIKE THIS KID , HE’S WALKING ON DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY,
WHEN HE SEES HIS LOVE SHES JUST ROLLING BY....
BUT IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER NOW SHE’S RIDING HIGH,
HE TRIES SO HARD JUST TO BE A LITTLE MACHO COOL,
YEAH, BUT HE’S A WOUNDED FOOL......,
& BLOOD’S RUNNING DOWN HIS SIDE......
AW, THE BLADE HE CRIED....
ITS QUICKER THAN THE EYE.....

CHROUS:
SWITCHBLADES OF LOVE
SWITCHBLADES OF LOVE
THEY’RE NOT COMING FROM NO GOD ABOVE,
COMING OUT OF OUR BROKEN HEART,
MAYBE THEY’LL TEAR SOME OLD MYTHS APART,
THE SWITCHBLADES OF LOVE......

VERSE 2.:
ME, I THINK I’M GONNA GO OUT HERE AND PUT MY SWITCHBLADES DOWN WAY ON DOWN IN THE GROUND
NO APPLAUSE, THERE WON’T BE A SOUND,....
JUST A RUSTY SPADE DOWN IN THAT HONEST EARTH.....
I WILL BOW DOWN TO THE STARS..... I’LL ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THE SCARS...,
THAT I HAVE MADE....
IN THE NAME OF LOVE......
SWITCHBLADES OF LOVE,
SWITCHBLADES OF LOVE....
THEY’RE NOT COMING FROM NO GOD ABOVE,
THEY’RE COMING OUT OF OUR DARKEST HEART,
AND THEY’RE TEARING US APART.... THE SWITCHBLADES OF LOVE.............