I Know What Love Is

I've been rained on, and I've been the rain
Lifted up by love, and by love left blue
And I’ve been the medicine to ease other’s pain
So I’ve been told, so it may be true

But I know I’m no hero now nor was I in my prime
On the long crawl down love’s twisted avenue
Still taking orders from this disordered heart of mine
I just do what I’m told to do

I know what love is / I know what love is
I know the deal I know the drill
How love can heal how love can kill
I know what love is, I know what love is
I’ve been spying on me and recording what I see and I see what love is

I’ve been the shattered glass and I’ve thrown the stone
Lost in love song and in the silence too
With a lover I’ve was complete, with another I’ve was alone
But every time I fell in love I felt brand new

And now the world has turned me out and time has turned me old
What a funny thing for them to do
If no one hears my story, still the story will be told
And it’ll always do what I tell it to

I know what love is / I know what love is
I know the deal I know the drill
How love can heal how love can kill
I know what love is, I know what love is
I’ve been spying on me and recording what I see and I see what love is
And I know what love is
I’ve been paraded through the town just another love-starved naked clown
Being shown what love is