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Artist: Melanie Safka
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I Do It For Love (It's Not A Job For Me)
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I Do It For Love (It's Not A Job For Me)
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It's not a job to me you know
I do it for love, God I do
And if I put on a real nice show
It's coming from the love in you
Wow oh, I do for love, you know I do
And if I put on a real nice show
It's coming from the love in you
And oh, as I think about it now
The money's only good sometimes
Oh, but only if I could store the love
Somewhere up there in my mind
'Cause every once in a while I'm afraid I lose it
Every once in a while I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it
Every once in a while I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it
I said, I say, it's not a job to me you know
I do it for love
And if I put on a real nice show
It's coming from the love in you
Yeah hey, I do it for love. I do I do, yeah
Wow, I do it for love, you know I do it
I do it oh, I do it for love
I do it for love, God I do
I say oh, ah-ah-ah, oh oh, oh-oh-oh, wow yeah
Don't you do it, I know you do, you do it for love, ah ooo
I say oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, ye-yeah
Oh don't ya do it, I know you do, I know you do it for love
And oh, sometimes they ask me:
"Melanie girl, don't you ever just get tired?
Oh, but only if I could store the love
Somewhere up there in my mind
'Cause every once in a while I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it
Every once in a while I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it
Every once in a while I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it
Then I say:
It's not a job to me you know
I do it for love, yeah
And if I put on a real nice show
It's comin' from the love in you
I do it for love, I do, I do, I do, yeah
I do it for love, you know I do
Oh I do it, I do it for love
I do it for love, God I do
I say oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh yeah don't you do it, I know you do, I know you do it for love, ah ooo
I'll say oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, ye-yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh don't ya do it, I know, I know you do it for love
It's not a job to me you know
I do it for love, God I do
And if I put on a real nice show
It's coming from the love in you
I do it for love…
I'll do for love you know I'll
Oh we do it for love
Don't ya do it
Ah don't ya do it
We do it
Don't ya do it for love, God we do
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