Ain't Love A Bitch

AIN'T LOVE A BITCH
(Rod Stewart / Gary Grainger)

Been in pain
and I've been in shame
But ain't love a bitch
I been in fights,
locked away for nights
But ain't love a bitch
I been tailed, impaled,
strung up and nailed
and left without a stitch
I been scratched 'n' taxed
'n' finally axed
But ain't love a bitch

Oh I didn't understand till I was seventeen
She took me way upstairs
and she wiped me clean
Oh I didn't realize
she made a first class fool out of me
Oh Maggie if you're still out there
the rest is history

You're all alone in the freezing cold
by the underground
Your hands are numb
and you're feeling dumb
cos you been let down
You thought you were rough
and kinda tough
and maybe out of reach
You're acting chic,
playing hide 'n' seek
But ain't love a bitch

Oh I must state right here
I been there before
My eyes were closed
and so my friends
I still don't know the score
Oh don't underestimate
the strength of it
It may be unwise to analyze
even the cause of it

You're driving home late one night
and on the radio
Comes an old familiar song
you used to know so well
(you know a lot about that)

Oh I can't comprehend this thing called love
Maybe it's a matter of fact
I just can't grow up
Deep down ain't we all
a little juvenile
All I really wanna know
is there one sweet angel
that can make me smile

Ain't love a bitch

Torrential rains,
wars and hurricanes
I wouldn't budge an inch
Your rent's unpaid
and your team lose again
But ain't love a bitch
You can lose your job,
your home and your health
But ain't love a bitch
Take it or leave it
some day you'll feel it
'cos love is the bitch

Ain't love the bitch.

Rod Stewart