Seals of Love - Michael Bruce & Original London Cast Recording

From the albums SUMMER BREEZE (1972), GREATEST HITS (1975), SUDAN VILLAGE (1976), THE SEALS & CROFTS COLLECTION (1979) and LIFT UP YOUR VOICES AND SING, VOL. 2 (1997). Go east of your dream and farm. Let peace and silence spin your yarn. What harm can befall thee in yon wilderness of clove? Go on east of ginger trees. Go soft and silent like the breeze. With ease be off and wander in yon wilderness of clove. Go on past the goldenrods, where fools and angels lose their odds. And gods of our ancestors did immerse themselves in clove. Go on toward the crimson shore, beyond this life of metaphors. Where doors of understanding's house decorates he them with clove. (From Baha'i scripture) "Be lions roaring in the forests of knowledge, Whales swimming in the oceans of life." Prepare to meet Bahá'u'llá'h in the Garden of Clove. Note: Vahid Odin Spencer provided me with the context of the closing lyric in October of 1999 -- O Lord! Should the breath of the Holy Spirit confirm the weakest of Creatures, he would attain all to which he aspireth and would Possess anything he desireth. Indeed, Thou hast assisted Thy servants in the past and, though they were the Weakest of Thy creatures, the lowliest of Thy servants and the most Insignificant of those who lived upon the earth, through Thy sanction and potency they took precedence over the most Glorious of Thy people and the most noble of mankind. Whereas Formerly they were as moths, they became as royal falcons, and Whereas before they were as brooks, they became as seas, through Thy bestowal and Thy mercy. They became, through Thy Most great favor, stars shining on the horizon of guidance, Birds singing in the rose gardens of immortality, lions Roaring in the forests of knowledge and wisdom, and whales swimming in the oceans of life. (Abdu'l-Bahá: Tablets of the Divine Plan, Page: 107)

Girl on the street, can't be more than fifteen Street is cold, but home was mean She works hard, but she don't charge much Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love He sits in his car outside a bar room door Thinks about a girl he doesn't know anymore Pulls on a bottle to work his courage up. Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Oh now, maybe you and me, we got somethin' And it gets us through the night. But when we're holding each other And there's only the silence We both wish it was somthing it isn't quite Sometimes I hear soft crying I reach out to you Oh, I feel like cryin' too Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Sits in her room, outside the rain is falling She's got a phone, but you know he ain't callin' Just another married man that's all he was. Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love

When I saw you there at the party tonight with a smile so pretty and your eyes so bright I wondered why if you ever said goodbye. Was it the hand of faith was it just bad luck, maybe we didn't try enough at it all these time I still don't know why. Cos there's still a little bit of love, Still a little bit of love Still a little bit of love come shinning through Cos there's still a little bit of love Still a little bit of love Is there still a little bit of love in me and you. Now the years have passed and a change has come we thought those two young lovers were done but it seems some dream won't fade away with time And a taste of love is a dangerous thing and is sweet beyond imagining and I've never found, never found a love like yours and mine. And it seems it all the changes of our lives The promise to this moment to get them here tonight

I'm just a country boy I'm used to starry nights She's metropolitan She's used to neon lights She loves the Gucci scene I love my own blue jeans Everybody says she's not my kind She's a city kind of girl Says she's only playing with my mind She's a city kind of girl I love the way she walks She loves the way I talk I love the fancy style She loves how I drive her wild Maybe I'm a crazy boy But I know when the feeling's right I got her going fishing now She's got me climbing higher and higher She loves to bait my hooks I love to read her books Everybody says she's not my kind She's a city kind of girl Says she's only playing with my mind She's a city kind of girl I love the way she walks She loves the way I talk I love the fancy style She loves how I drive her wild I love the way she walks She loves the way I talk I love the fancy style She loves how I drive her wild

I just had to call, cause babe I got your letter And I understood almost every line You said T. L. C. is what you miss from me You want back in my arms P.D.Q. And ooh I love this game Them three letters by your name L.O.A. what does that say? She said ooh baby it's so simple I did not mean to make it hard to understand I've been gone so long Want you to know I miss my man oh yes I do And that message for you Tells you what I'm gonna do when I get home oh yeah L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you I've been countin' the days I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you. I said ooh baby I do love you And I'm always amazed the way we fit And I T.G.I.F. Thank God I found you when I did, oh yes I do Them three letters by your name I will just give you just the same When you get home, oh yes I will L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you I've been countin' the days I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you. I don't need no confirmation I get it right here in my land Don't need no translation You done spelled it out with words That I can understand L.O.A. Ooh ooh ooh, L.O.A. L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you I've been countin' the days I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you. And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you.