Big Romantic Stuff Lyrics - Singles - Bob Geldof

Did they never tell you 'bout it baby 

Did they never say it's tough 

Are you never going to give up on that 

Big romantic stuff 

That French song playing on the radio at noon 

The singer's name was Jean Michel and he's singing 'bout la lune 

And she shivers as she comes awake 

And remembers how to think 

And she shakes the hair out of her eyes 

But the daylight makes her blink 

And the song it whispers in her mind like a half forgotten sigh 

Of times of love the longest days and youth and endless skies 

And ooh la la la 

ooh la la la 

Did they never tell you 'bout it baby 

Did they never say it's tough 

Are you never going to give up on that 

Big romantic stuff 

To ease the pain of it, to fill the empty void 

She stores up ancient souvenirs like ravens with their hoards 

It's not the getting old she minds, it's the meaningless of being 

She thinks about all this while Jean sings about la vie 

And accordions and violins take her back in time 

When the only explanation was a kiss and love and life... 

Did they never tell you 'bout it baby 

Did they never say it's tough 

Are you never going to give up on that 

Big romantic stuff 

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*Written by Bob Geldof 

*Taken from the album entitled "The Vegetarians of Love"