Thing Called Love

I was at one of the best concerts that I have ever experienced in my entire life a couple of weeks ago. It's going to take a lot to top it, anyway...

The concert was John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett, honestly two of the best musician/singer/songwriters in the rock world. My opinion. 

One of John Hiatt's biggest hits is "Thing Called Love". 

Check out these lyrics (it's amazing how this class creeps into everything):

Don't have to humble yourself to me

I ain't your judge or your king

And baby, you know you ain't no Queen of Sheba

And we may not even have our dignity, no

This could be just a prideful thing

But baby, we can choose you know,

We ain't no amoebas

But

[Chorus:]

Are you ready for this thing called love

Don't come from you and me,

It comes from up above

I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves

Are you ready for this thing called love

And you ain't some icon carved out of soap

Sent down here to clean up my reputation

And baby, I ain't your prince charming

Now we can live in fear, or act out of hope

For some kind of peaceful situation

Baby, don't know why the cry of love is so alarming

But

[Chorus]

The ugly ducklings don't turn into swans

And glide off down the lake

Whether your sunglasses are off or on

You only see the world you make

Before the laws of God and the laws of man

I take you for my wife, yeah

To love, honour, cherish and obey,

Now, I didn't have no plans to live

This kind of life, no

It just worked out that way

And

[Chorus 2x]

Just a crazy little thing called love

Its justs a crazy little thing called love

This song means much more to me now. It's not just about romantic love. It's about the universality of love. It doesn't matter who you are (the Queen of Sheba, Prince Charming) love and dignity begin with a relationship between two people. When people treat each other with genuine care and affection, it sets an example. We just have to be ready for it. 

People aren't porcupines (so take off those kid gloves), we can touch them, literally and figuratively, and we should.

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Here is a video (not the best, but I have trouble finding my music on Youtube):

John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett perform "Thing Called Love" on David Letterman