I Don't Want to Talk About Love Lyrics

Words By Nanci Griffith
Music By James Hooker & Nanci Griffith
© 1989 Irving Music Inc.(BMI) - Ponder Heart Music (BMI)
And Hot Little Numbers (ASCAP)
I don't wanna talk about love
Cuz I've heard it before . . .
and it talks too loud
You can hear it in a disco midnight . . .
Shouting
I don't wanna think about it
Think about it
It comes dressed in its summer clothes
When you're traveling through the heart
of the winter's cold

I don't wanna talk about changes
Changes come of their own free will
And if you wanna talk about leavin'
Well, you've always walked . . .
And, you always will
Every time you talk about love
You talk about your yesterdays
Yesterday's washing away
with this morning's rain
I don't wanna talk about it
Cuz love has a voice of its own
If all we do is try to out shout it
. . . then the love is gone

Chorus:
I don't wanna talk about love now
I don't wanna talk about love now
I don't wanna talk about love now
I don't wanna talk about love now . . .
Can't you hear the voice of my heart
It calls your name in the middle of the night
It's always been a quiet voice
when it's breaking
I don't wanna talk about this love
This love was my saving grace
So, can't I just say that I love you . . .
and we'll call it a day?

(Repeat chorus)