Artist & Tune
Version by The Magnetic Fields
Version by Stephin Merritt
Version by Dear Ella
Version by The Shadowboxers
Version by Gavin James
Version by The Dutch Tenors
Version by Peter Gabriel
Version by Cheryl Bentyne
Reference
About the Song
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts, and figures
and instructions for dancing
G C D G (4x)
But I - - -
I love it when you read to me
And you - - -
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb
G C D G :// G C D Em / G C D G
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I - - -
I love it when you give me things.
And you - - -
You ought to give me wedding rings
- lyrics & music by Stephin Merritt
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