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You Gave Love A Name

(music by Ted Kooshian, lyrics by Rosemary Loar)
sung by Michael Holland
Michael Holland on lead vocal, Michael Holland and Karen Mack on background vocals, Ted Kooshian on piano and keyboards, Wilbur Bascomb on bass, and Warren Odze on drums. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
You took my fragile heart and with a love so blind
You saw beauty there no one else could find.
You took my darkened dreams and gave them wings to fly,
Placed them around the sun in a perfect shade of sky.

And I wonder if I could see into the night without your flame.

You gave love a name
Right as the rain.
You gave love,
You gave love a golden frame.
And I gave up on love
‘til you gave love a name.

You took my shattered smile and with a kiss so deep
Filled me with such joy, sang my hurt to sleep.
You took my worn-out trust and sheltered me from harm,
Took me from the jaded sea to the harbor of your arms.

And I wonder if I could see into the night without your flame.

You gave love a name
Right as the rain.
You gave love,
You gave love a golden frame.
And I gave up on love
‘til you gave love a name.

Summer stumbles into fall,
Fall trips into winter,
Winter falls back into spring,
And I’ll love you forever and ever

(chorus)