Song Lyric Sunday –      Language of Love

Inspired by and written for Song Lyric Sunday – thank you, Jim

As a poet, I often write on the theme of love in some form or another. Language, therefore, is quite an important factor in what I do, the language of poetic love is a whole different thing. My job is then to express my love of someone, something, somewhere or whatever so my reader knows what it looks like, sounds like, tastes like, smells like, or what it is like to the touch. At the outline stage, this involves a lot of gobbledygook such as lalalala de dum de dum diddly doobie do and so on. Meaningless sounds that need to be made meaningful. In my research for this week’s song lyric, I found this. So I am going to run with it.

John D. Loudermilk (1934-2016) was a singer/songwriter, In the 1950s and 1960s he had a successful singing career and he also wrote songs for artists such as Eddie Cochran, The Casinos, and Roy Orbison. “Language of Love” was released in 1961.

Oh, two lovers parked on lovers lane
Just a watchin’ the stars above
They don’t have to say a thing
They’re speaking the language of love.

Ooo-be do-be do-be doo
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo-be-do-do
A-do-be-do-do-do-do

Oh, two lovers sipping on a chocolate shake
You can tell what they’re thinking of
Their eyes are saying little secret things
They’re using the language of love

Ooo-be do-be do-be doo
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo-be-do-do
A-do-be-do-do-do-do

Oh, two lovers sitting in English class
Don’t know what the teachers speaking of
Ain’t learned no English but they’re learning fast
The language of love

Ooo-be do-be do-be doo
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo-be-do-do
A-do-be-do-do-do-do
Ooo-be do-be do-be doo-be-do-do
A-do-be-do-do-do-do

Songwriter: John D. Loudermilk