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Artist: Pete Townshend
Canonical path: /pete-townshend/love-ain-t-for-keeping
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Love Ain't For Keeping
Read Love Ain't For Keeping lyrics by Pete Townshend on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Love Ain't For Keeping
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Layin' on my back
In the newly mown grass
The rain is coming down
But the clouds have surley pass
You bring me tea
Say 'the babe's a-sleepin'
Lay down beside me
Love ain't for keeping
Black ash from the foundry
Hangs like a hood
But the air is perfumed
By the burning firewood
The seeds are bursting
The spring is seeping
Lay down beside me
Love ain't for keeping
Lay down beside me
Love ain't for keeping
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