Real Love Songtext
von Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott

Holding hands on the street like this
That′s real love
The one-way caresses, the smell of piss
And that's real love

The girl′s expensive, the boy's so cheap
And no one ever wants you cheek-to-cheek
When the alleyway is the only way
That's real love

Same armchair for 25 years
That′s apparently love
A sanctified marriage for a couple of queers
Not from heaven above

They′re all pro-embryo, all pro-life
As long as unborn child ain't a poof or a dyke
You′re the daredevil's husband, you′re the knife-thrower's wife
And that′s real love
That's real love


Stealing kisses in a moonlit park
That's real love
One bird sings, then two dogs bark
And that′s real love

But calling it sex when you′re only in love
You're backing up your kit with the Lord above
When the sin′s the relationship you're in
That′s real love

Same armchair for 25 years
That's apparently love
A sanctified marriage for a couple of queers
Not from heaven above

They′re all pro-embryo, all pro-life
As long as unborn child ain't a poof or a dyke
You're the daredevil′s husband, you′re the knife-thrower's wife
And that′s real love
That's real love

The street lights groan, the pavements creak
And every love you have is just a hide-and-seek
We′re waltzing with the Devil now
And that's real love


Same armchair for 25 years
That′s apparently love
A sanctified marriage for a couple of queers
Not from heaven above

They're all pro-embryo, all pro-life
As long as unborn child ain't a poof or a dyke
You′re the daredevil′s husband, you're the knife-thrower′s wife
And that's real love

That′s real love