Love Is All - Ian Dury

When ecstasy ennobled our first kiss

I fell into an agony of bliss

I’ve never heard a person talk like this

I hope you don’t think you can take the piss

The exhilaration of your touch

Ensnares my heart within its vice-like clutch

Now that may be a compliment as such

I’m not sure that I like you very much

Come to my arms

So put your hands

Oh, cherished love

Where they belong

As spirits soar

Although it’s cruel

To worlds above

You must be strong

And while we play

Stop talking bullshit

Our hearts be true

In my ear

This perfect dream

You’re not my cup

Of me and you

Of tea I fear

Cos love is all

Oh no it ain’t

Love is all

The sweet unbridled urges you evoke

My fevered brow is bursting till I choke

Although you seem to think you’re quite a bloke

I wouldn’t want you — even for a joke

Come to my arms

So put your hands

Oh, cherished love

Where they belong

As spirits soar

Although it’s cruel

To worlds above

You must be strong

And while we play

Stop talking bollocks

Our hearts be true

In my ear

This perfect dream

You’re not my cup

Of me and you

Of tea I fear

Cos love is all

Oh no it ain’t

Love is all

Love is all

Oh no it ain’t

Love is all

I’ve just this minute got out of the mood

I wonder, could you show me to the Tube?

The understanding, it is just because

The Underground is where it always was

Come to my arms

Seeing it’s you

My new-found love

I might as well

As spirits soar

You’re all I’ve got

To worlds above

So what the hell

And while we play

In you or me

Our hearts be true

To hold you near

This perfect dream

Stop talking bullshit

Of me and you

In my ear

Love is all

Love is all

Love is all…