The Loving lyrics

Song information

Artist: Xtc
Album: Oranges And Lemons

Lyrics

All around the world
Every boy and every girl
Need the loving
The humble and the great
Even those we think we hate
Need the loving

Soldiers of the queen
All the hard men that we've seen
Need the loving
Babies at the breast
Those in power and those suppressed
Need the loving

Let's face it you just can't hide
Your first taste'll send you reeling
Like a firework to which we're tied
Be prepared to go through your ceiling now

The loving's coming
The loving's more than just an ad man's vision
The loving's strumming
On your heart strings
So loud that you can't help but listen

Sailors on the seas
Or the clergy on their knees
Need the loving
All the rich and poor
Even those we fight at war
Need the loving

That thing that we need most of
That stuff we should try before we've died
Everyone is begging to be loved
With a free gift, a working heart inside

The loving's coming
The loving's advertised in all the papers
The loving's humming
Your favourite song
For once it won't annoy the neighbours

The loving, the loving

All round the world
Every boy and every girl
Need the loving
Cold-hearted or warm
Every single person born
Needs the loving

Way out there in space
Think we'll find that alien race
Needs the loving
And just to end the list
Everything that could exist
Needs the loving

The loving's coming!