Moshe Friedman - True Love lyrics

[Audio sample 1: Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen]: When there's someone in your life who fills your head There's nobody else, there's only them and all you want to do is take care of them and give to them and love them When it keeps occurring to you like, what can I buy her… does she like flowers? No, oh I know how I can surprise her — this will be a great surprise for her! You know she didn't say anything about this but I know this will make her happy When this is the way that you live your life then you understand what it's like to be alive [Verse: Moshe Friedman] She said the greatest act of love she ever witnessed Was when I held her hair while she vomited from morning sickness We're well beyond the puppy love and the fairy dust Our commitment's carried us ever since the rabbi married us No turning back like we sank the only lifeboat Only way forward is together on this tightrope So we'll have to trust each other till the day we die I'll teach you how to laugh if you teach me it's okay to cry Love has to be a verb or it will be stale It's not enough to buy a female some retail Not enough to send a birthday card through email Cuz nothing says I love you like the details like Knowing which songs she would want on her greatest hits And that she loves salt and vinegar potato chips And that communication is key to relationships So if I keep telling you I love you don't get tired of me saying this And not love like a fat kid loves cake Cuz once he's eaten half the plate then he wants to have a break I love you like a sage loves to learn Who's crazed love burns brighter with every page that he turns I remember when we knew it's getting serious And you asked me if our love was true or just delirious I told you I don't know the things life has in store But this is the feeling that all the birds sing for And whatever comes you're worth doing hard things for Beyond that I can't say anything more Cuz love isn't always chocolate cake and peppermints But I would spend my life just learning how to get your hints And from then on our love has grown ever since So I write to you with eloquence that this isn't half my sentiments And I know this room has elephants and we have room for development But even if I were from Mars and you were from Venus Not even the entire planet Earth could come between us …and I mean this This is a poem about true love [Audio sample 2: Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen] The more that you give to somebody The more that you sacrifice for them The more emotionally involved that you become with them And if you give them something that's especially precious like… You share yourself with somebody That will turn your emotions upside down If you open yourself up and you share what's happening inside of you That creates extraordinary emotional closeness That is an emotional rocket It moves you through lovespace at light speed