Crosby, Still, Nash Young – Love Work Out lyrics

words and music by Graham Nash
© 1975 Thin Ice Music (ASCAP)

Gotta make a love work out
before you get you got to give
Gotta make a love work out
before you die you got to live
If that's what it's all about
then there's nothing standing in my way
I'm telling you all I've got to be on my way

I used to keep on trying from day to day
to keep from dying and fading away
it seems like a strange thing for me to say
I'm so tired of looking the other way
Love work out

You gotta make a love work out
There's no use hiding behind the clouds
You gotta make a love work out
I dare you to scream it right out loud
If that's what it's all about
then there's nothing standing in your way
I'm telling you all you've got to be on your way

I used to keep on trying from day to day
to keep from dying and fading away
it seems like a strange thing for me to say
I'm so tired of looking the other way
So love work out

Drums: Russ Kunkel
Bass: Tim Drummond
Slide: David Lindley
Warpath guitars: Danny Kootch and David Crosby
Acoustic Piano: Graham Nash
Organ: Craig Doerge
Other vocals: Jackson Browne