Never a word I’ve feared more.
     Never needed a label for adore.
     Never a word I’ve desired for.
     Never needed a word to make my heart sore.

     This four letter word that strikes fear.
     A four letter word that I desire to hear.
     This four letter word that can burn and sear.
     A four letter word that’s always held dear.

     What a four letter word can do to the soul.
     What it can do to a heart of solid coal.
     What a four letter that people extoll.
     What is this L-O-V-E that we try to control?