The 77s
This Is the Way Love Is (Live at Cornerstone 1992)
[Spoken Intro]
We're certainly glad to be here tonight. All right, this is a--at one time, we did call this a dance number. We all know that real Christians don’t dance, so just kinda snap your fingers. Those that cheat [?] rattle your jewelry, right?

[Verse 1]
When I gave up
You held up
When I ran out
You filled me up
When I kept runnin', well
You kept up, heh
When I let you down, you lifted me right up
This is the way love is
It's all right
All right
Right

[Verse 2]
When I couldn’t have the words
You understood
When I didn't have the time
You were in no hurry
When I didn't make ends meet
You tied them together
When I cheated
You kept to the rules
Hey! Hey!
[Chorus]
This is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided, double-minded mirror with no reflection, no

[Verse 3]
When I was keepin' it in
You were givin' it out
When I was runnin'
You'd let me come back
When I was holdin’ out
You were holdin’ on
When I was losin' my cool
You were keepin’ my love warm
Love warm, yeah

[Chorus]
This is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection
Yeah, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection

[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I kept it all to myself
Like a miser, like a miser holds on to his last dime
When I closed up myself like a desperate hand on a lifeline
Well, I was bled
I was dry
Wrapped up in my pride
This is the way it is, the way it is when you're on the wrong side

[Chorus]
This is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it’s a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection, no
Hey, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection, no
Whoo, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
(This is the way)
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection
(This is the way)
Yeah
This is the way love is
(This is the way)
This is the way love is
(This is the way)
Yeah, this is the way love is
(This is the way)
This is the way
Love is
[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, this is the way love is
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection, no
Yeah, yeah, this is the way love is
The way love is
Well, it's one-sided
Double-mind
Chicken-fried
Wrapped up, wrapped up, wrapped up, wrapped up in a Colonel Sanders box
Way
Yay, yay, yay, yeah
Love is
Ooh, whoo!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
S'all right
This is the way love is
This is the way love is
This is the way love is
This is the way love is