I Know Love

I know love

I know love

Every time I try to hold on, it's gone

Yeah, I know love

I've been so many kinds of crazy

Out on the street every day

Just tryin' to keep what I got

Before they take it away

And when I had me a woman,

I tried to keep her up on a shelf

Soon as I looked away

She ran to somebody else

I know love

I know love

Every time I try to hold on, it's gone

Yeah, I know love

I remember my daddy tellin' me the ways of the world

He said: “Son you're a fool if you try to own that sweet little girl

Keep her there beside you

Don't you use no lock and key because a prisoner of love

has only got to be free.”

I know love

I know love

Every time I try to hold on, it's gone

Yeah, I know love

Love is like the roses:

It can last through the sun and rain

But don't you try to hold it

The thorns will cause you pain

I know love

I know love

Every time I try to hold on, it's gone

I know love

I know love

I know love

Every time I try to hold on, it's gone

Yeah, I know love

I know love

I know love