John Mayer
Love Is a Verb lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:25
Love is a verb
It ain't a thing
It's not something you hold
It's not something you scream
When you show me love
I don't need your words
Yeah, love ain't a thing
Love is a verb
Love ain't a thing
Love is a verb
Love ain't a crutch
It ain't an excuse
No, you can't get through love
On just a pile of I-O-Us
Love ain't a drug
Despite what you've heard
Yeah, love ain't a thing
Love is a verb
Love ain't a thing
Love is a verb
So you gotta show, show, show me
Show, show, show me
Show, show, show me
That love is a verb
You gotta show, show, show me
Show, show, show me
Show, show, show me
That love is a verb
Love ain't a thing
Love is a verb
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Key vocabulary
- show
- present; displayA1
- thing
- object; matterA1
- love
- deep careA1
- verb
- action or state wordA1
- ain't
- is not; are not
- it's
- it isA1
- hold
- keep in your handsA2
- you've
- you have
- scream
- make a loud cryB2
- when
- at what timeB1
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About this song
John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter whose work spans blues, pop, and R&B, along with later jam-influenced material. He is known for his hit songwriting and distinctive guitar playing that blend classic rock and soul, and for forming Dead & Company with surviving members of the Grateful Dead.