Don't Lead With Your Love
--words and music by Michael Stanley

from "Greatest Hints", 1979, Arista Records


Sure good to see you
And you're looking so fine
I can tell by the look in your eyes
That you got more than that on your mind
Ya tell me your love's gone bad
You gave it everything you had
Baby if you want my advice
Next time you'd better think twice ...

	'Cause when it begins
	   and you're fighting to win
	Don't you lead with your love
	Just 'cause you find
	   he's got under your skin
	Don't you lead with your love
	And you can rally 'round all your defenses
	Baby when push comes to shove
	Right from the start just 
	   go straight for the heart
	Baby don't lead with your love

Now is the hour
For you to rewrite all your scenes
You gotta look 'fore you leap
'Cause you never know what's in between

You say that you loved your last
You tell me that all that's past
But baby just open your eyes
And don't believe all of their lives...

	'Cause when it begins
	   and you're fighting to win
	Don't you lead with your love
	Just 'cause you find
	   he's got under your skin
	Don't you lead with your love
	And you can rally 'round all your defenses
	But baby when push comes to shove
	Right from the start just
	   go straight for the heart
	Baby don't lead with your love

I just want you to remember
That all you really lost is your nerve
Baby like it or not
You gotta take your best shot
But you gotta keep some in reserve...

	'Cause when it begins
	   and you're fighting to win
	Don't you lead with your love
	Just 'cause you find
	   he's got under your skin
	Don't you lead with your love
	And you can rally 'round all your defenses
	But baby when push comes to shove
	Right from the start just
	   go straight for the heart
	Baby don't lead with your love
	Baby don't lead with your love
	Baby don't lead with your love