"if you ain't got love" by mason jennings

On the train ride to paris
up from sunny barcelona
we rose up through the mountains
as the sun started setting
and the sea came out below us
as we rolled through a village
we passed ten feet from a little porch
where a man was serving dinner
and our window was open
and we could hear them laughing

i’m never gonna give you up
what do you got if you ain’t got love
if you ain’t got love
what do you got if you ain’t got love

at nine in the morning
after nine months of waiting
you were born and i saw your face
and you looked up at me
but before i could hold you
the doctors raced you from me
they told me that you might not live
your heart was not healthy
and with wires coming from you
i sat beside you

i’m never gonna give you up
what do you got if you ain’t got love
if you ain’t got love
what do you got if you ain’t got love

someday, someday soon
you and i will both be gone
lately i can’t help but think
the love we feel will live on

at a little wooden cabin
up in northern minnesota
we ran together down to the dock
and you jumped right off it
and from out in the water
you called me to join you
and i said baby i cannot swim
if i jump i’ll surely drown you
you said life has no limit
if you’re not afraid to get in it

and oh baby i jumped to you
since then there’s nothing i can’t do

i’m never gonna give you up
what do you got if you ain’t got love
if you ain’t got love
what do you got if you ain’t got love

someday, someday soon
you and i will both be gone
but lately i can’t help but think
that the love we feel will live on

this is one of my favorite mason jennings songs, about love. my favorite part is "you said life has no limit if you’re not afraid to get in it" and that would be a great way to go through life. this is your life, live it to its fullest and be sure it's got a lot of love in it. because really, that's all there is. to love is to live.