LOVE IS STRANGE

Mickey & Sylvia's original version

Love, hm hm, love is strange, yeah yeah
Lot of people, hm hm, take it for a game
Once you get it, hm hm, you never wanna quit, no no
After you've had it, yeah yeah, you're in an awful fix
Many people, hm hm, don't understand, no no
They think loving, yeah yeah, is money in the hand
Your sweet loving, hm hm, is better than a kiss, yeah yeah
When you leave me, hm hm, sweet kisses I miss

(Silvia)
Yes Mickey?
(How do you call your lover boy?)
Come here lover boy
(And if he doesn't answer?)
Oh lover boy
(And if he still doesn't answer?)
I simply say, baby, ohh baby
My sweet baby, you're the one

Baby, hm hm, oh baby, yeah yeah
My sweet baby, hm hm, you're the one

Info

LOVE IS STRANGE is a song written by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool, and Ethel Smith and originally released by Mickey & Sylvia as a single in 1956. The above lyrics are for the original Mickey & Sylvia version of LOVE IS STRANGE as released in 1956.

Mickey & Sylvia -- "Love Is Strange / I'm Going Home"

7" single - Groove (4G-0175) - USA, 1956

Bruce Springsteen's Version

Although he has never performed it live in full, Bruce Springsteen included a snippet of Mickey & Sylvia's LOVE IS STRANGE in the outro to PART MAN, PART MONKEY during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. See the live 28 Mar 1988 version of PART MAN, PART MONKEY for an example.

Available Versions

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