Writers: clarence reid, willie clarke, brad shapiro & steve alaimo Theres no busness like love busness Theres no busness I know One day ya wanna hold on forever The next you wanna let it go Theres nothin shakin ll ke love makin Theres nothinas long as it lasts One day can be there forever The next is a thing of the past Now listen to this I fell in love with a sweet little girl once She was evrything a woman should be Did evrything to find if she was wrong But it seemed she loved only me She gave me some pretty good things Things I couldnt get from my own dear mother I had to go way for just a few days When I returned shed gone off with my brother I was drivin and I didnt see it coming, no Theres no busness like love busness Theres no busness I know One day ya wanna hold on forever The next you wanna let it go Once I knew this rich man He treated hiswoman like a queen He gave the woman evrything she needed He kept her lookinso fine and clean He had so much faith in her His love he never had to check out He had to go see a man about a dog one day And when he got back he found shed shimmied out I tried to tell you boy, you wouldnt listen to me Theres no busness like love busness Theres no busness I know One day ya wanna hold on forever The next you wanna let it go Listen! there aint nothin shakin like love makin There aint nothin as long as it lasts One day you wanna hold on forever The next is a thing of the past La, da, da, da, da, da, ooh, whoo La, da, da, da, da, da, ooh, whoo, whoo, whoo La, da, da, da, da, da, ooh, whoo Theres no busness like love busness Theres no busness I know One day ya wanna hold on forever The next you wanna let it go Listen! there aint nothin shakin like love makin There aint nothin as long as it lasts One day you wanna hold on forever The next is a thing of the past