THE POWER OF LOVE
Huey LEWIS & the News

Words & Music by Johnny COLLA, Chris HAYES & Huey LEWIS
Song of the film "Back to the future"


[intro]    |    |    |      |
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[Verse]
          
The power of l

        
ove is a curio

us thing
              
make a one man

            
 weep, make an


other man sing
            
Change a hawk 

     
to a little wh

ite dove
            
more than a fe

      
eling    that'

s the power of

 love
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Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
make a bad one good make a wrong one right
power of love that keeps you home at night


[Chorus 1 :]
             
 You don't nee

          
d money,  don'

       
t take fame
             
 Don't need no

           
 credit card t

           
o ride this tr

ain
             
It's strong an

           
d it's sudden 

             
and it's cruel

        
 sometimes
            
but it might j

             
ust save your 


life
             
 That's the po

        
wer of love
             
 That's the po

        
wer of love
  


[Verse]
First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you'll be glad baby when you've found
that's the power makes the world go'round


[Chorus 2 :]
And it don't take money,  don't take fame
don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden it can be cruel sometimes
but it might just save your life


[Bridge]
            
  They say tha

            
t all in love 

     
is fair
          
yeah, but you 

     
don't care
            
  But you know

 
 what to do
           
   when it get

  
s hold of you
            
  and with a l

     
ittle help fro

m above
             
 you feel the 

          
power of love
             
 you feel the 

          
power of love

 Can you feel 

it ?
       
   Hmmm




[Chorus 3 :]
It don't take money and it don't take fame
don't need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
          
 you won't fee

             
l nothin' till

        
 you feel
             
 you feel the 

          
power, just th

    
e power of lov

e
             
 That's the po

          
wer, that's th

         
e power of lov

 
e
             
 You feel the 


power of love
            
   you feel th

             
e power of lov

 
e
            
 feel the powe

              
r of love

         (to fade)


Herve LAMOUREUX - chel@ucfma.univ-bpclermont.fr