Love Is a Wonderful Thing

Album: Time, Love & Tenderness (1991)
Charted: 23 4
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  • Birds fly; they don't think twice
    They simply spread their wings
    The sun shines; it don't ask why
    Or what the whole thing means

    The same applies to you and I
    We never question that
    So good, it's just understood
    Ain't no conjecture; it's just a matter of fact

    Love is a wonderful thing
    Make you smile through the pouring rain
    Love is a wonderful thing
    I'll say it again and again

    Turn your world into one sweet dream
    Take your heart and make it sing
    Love, love, love is a wonderful thing
    Oh yeah

    The only thing a river knows
    Is runnin' to the sea
    And every spring when a flower grows
    It happens naturally

    The same magic when you're in my arms
    No logic can define, oh no
    Don't know why, just feels so right
    I only know it happens every time

    Love is a wonderful thing
    Make you smile through the pouring rain
    Love is a wonderful thing
    I'll say it again and again

    Turn your world into one sweet dream
    Take your heart and make it sing
    Love, love, love is a wonderful thing

    Oh, when the cold wind blows
    I know you're gonna be there to warm me
    That's what keeps me goin'
    And our sweet love gonna keep on growin', just keep on growin'

    Love is a wonderful thing
    Make you smile through the pouring rain
    Love is a wonderful thing, oh yeah
    I'll say it again and again

    And turn your world into one sweet dream
    Take your heart and make it sing
    It's love, love; love is a wonderful
    Love, love, love is a wonderful
    Love, love, love is a wonderful thing

    Love is a wonderful, wonderful thing
    Love is a wonderful, wonderful thing
    Love is a wonderful, wonderful thing Writer/s: ANDY GOLDMARK, MICHAEL BOLTON
    Publisher: SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC. , Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Keely from FlThe similarities in both the melody and lyrics of both versions of the song are quite obvious upon listening, and even the musicologist Bolton brought in to testify in his defense admitted that there were similarities. At the trial, Michael Bolton produced a work tape to prove that he created the song independently, but on the tape Bolton was heard saying the song sounded familiar and he wondered whether it was Marvin Gaye's "Some Kind of Wonderful." He also claimed that the Isleys' version of the song was too obscure and he had never heard it, although Ronald Isley testified that when he and Bolton met, Bolton said he was a big fan and "I have all your stuff." In addition, several prominent disk jockeys who broadcasted in Bolton's listening area were brought in to testify about the frequency with which they played the Isley Brothers' version of the song. The ruling was that even if the influence was subconscious, there was a strong likelihood that it existed, and subsequent appeals upheld the judgment.
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