Lets Not Talk About Anything Else But Love
Andrew Lippa
MAL:
Can't we talk about anything else but love?

GOMEZ (spoken):
Love that launched a thousand ships

MAL:
Please! Let's talk about anything else but love

GOMEZ (spoken):
Love that causes war and famine

MAL:
Can't we speak about real estate?

GOMEZ (spoken):
Love of wife

MAL:
Watergate?
GOMEZ (spoken):
Love of children!

MAL:
Seasonal fluctuations in the prime interest rate?

GOMEZ (spoken):
Love of chocolate, you must love chocolate, everybody loves chocolate, say you do, say it

MAL:
Can't we talk about anything else but

GOMEZ:
Love is elation
Like an oration
Love speaks to us in tongues
Natural as teething
Simple as breathing
Air in the love-starved lungs
Love looks at us and sighs

MAL:
That's all a pack of lies
Love is a fiction like an affliction
Love is an ancient curse
Posing contentment
Causing resentment
Fulfilment in reverse
Love is a dismal thing...
GOMEZ:
Mal! Why should we fight, let's sing!
(spoken)
And you know the only thing better than singing?

MAL (spoken):
What?

GOMEZ (spoken):
Singing and dancing!
(sung)
Let's not talk about anything else but love
Worth repeating
Let's not talk about anything else but love

MAL (spoken):
Why?

GOMEZ:
Life is fleeting
And pleasures come
Pleasures go
Love can come and go in one throw
Let's not talk about anything else but love
But love
But love
FESTER (spoken):
Did I just hear the word love?

GOMEZ:
Ahah!

FESTER:
Let's not talk about anything else but love

MAL:
Of all the scams I'd ever heard
Love's the one that's most absurd

FESTER:
Let's not talk about anything else but love

MAL:
And look what good is done
Not for me
Not my son

FESTER:
Be patient
And soon the way will be clear

GOMEZ:
Focus your fear

FESTER:
And troubles all will disappear

GOMEZ:
Let's not talk about anything else but love

MAL:
It's hard for me to show you see, my mother didn't know you see

GOMEZ (& FESTER):
Let's not talk about anything else but love (Nothing better)

MAL:
Afraid of a touch, I don't like it so much

GOMEZ/FESTER:
Hold on tight
Say goodnight
But don't dream of starting a fight
Let's not talk about anything else but love
Since the dawn of man began
Everyone has had a plan
From Anchorage to Afghanistan

FESTER (spoken):
Immortalized by Paul Cezanne

GOMEZ/FESTER:
Just like an orangutan
You've a short attention span
So we'll do the best we can
By golly and bipartisan
Let's not talk about anything old
Please don't leave us out in the cold
Let's not talk about anything else but love

ALL:
But love
But love
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 2010, titled "Lets Not Talk About Anything Else But Love", by artist "Andrew Lippa".