Unlovely and Unloved

Song Length 3:33 Genre Rock - General
Language English

Lyrics

Unlovely and unloved
This old house is falling
This old house is calling
For the touch that puts it right.
Unlovely and unloved
This old house is lived in
This old house ain't loved in
And it's colder than the night.

And we can't help ourselves
If we just help ourselves
Then we won't help ourselves
We'll only push and shove.
But if we take ourselves
And if we shake ourselves
We can make ourselves
Lovely when we love.

Unlovely and unloved
We can put it right
Unlovely and unloved
We can make it bright
Unlovely and unloved
We can turn the tide.
Love me love me love.

Unlovely and unloved
That's just how she's feeling
That's just how she's appealing
For the touch that makes it bright.
Unlovely and unloved
That's the way he's raving
That's the way he's craving
For the lift that makes it light.

And we can't help ourselves
If we just help ourselves
Then we won't help ourselves
We'll only push and shove.
But if we take ourselves
And if we shake ourselves
We can make ourselves
Lovely when we love.

Unlovely and unloved
We can put it right
Unlovely and unloved
We can make it bright
Unlovely and unloved
We can turn the tide
Love me love me love.

Unlovely and unloved
This old boat is rocking
This old boat is rolling
And it's bursting at the beams.
Unlovely and unloved
This old boat is creaking
This old boat is leaking
A hundred hungry dreams.

And we can't help ourselves
If we just help ourselves
Then we won't help ourselves
We'll only push and shove.
But if we take ourselves
And if we shake ourselves
We can make ourselves
Lovely when we love.

Unlovely and unloved
We can put it right
Unlovely and unloved
We can make it bright
Unlovely and unloved
We can turn the tide
Love me love me love.

Unlovely and unloved
That's how this world is turning
That's how this world is yearning
For the touch that turns the tide.
Unlovely and unloved
We're quite beside ourselves
Because beside ourselves
There's no-one else beside.

Love me love me
Love me love me
Love me love.

Words and music © 2007 Ian Graham

Nicely instrumented piece. Sounds similar to the Moody Blues and some other 60's groups like Peter & Gordon or Herman's Hermits, but with a much more modern twist.

Clever instrumental performance and nice vocal harmonies.

i liked the guitar riff.

Perfect score, on all counts. A lot of brilliance here: Vocal fit wonderfully to lyric theme and instrumental sound. Excellent articulation, as well, which was definitely needed for this up tempo workout. Bass playing was stellar to the point of being amazingly great. Guitar as well with that driving sound that fit the bass and the song overall in a unique and wonderful way. Excellent lyric and idea and instrumental mood to make it all work. Especially enjoyed the sections after 1:02 and 1:20.

I like the upbeat happy attitude; reminds me of The Turtles meets the Partridge Family (which I like). The Chorus works for me.

I like the positive vibe from the song. Nice guitar and bass work.

It's well recorded and very original. The melody is infectious. I'm never going to get it out of my head.

Lyrics © 2007 Ian Graham Music © 2007 Ian Graham
Producer SCAMP Performance SCAMP

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