When You Say Love Lyrics - Over The Rhine

I'm thinking of a word that has been 

Knocked up and overused 

You could say it's lost all meaning 

From so much abuse 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh 

Most everything I ever wanted 

May not even have a name 

But baby, you're as close as I've come 

I know that it sounds strange 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh 

So open up my heart-shaped box 

It's full of combination locks 

I've swallowed all my love-sick pills, yeah 

To keep from getting chills 

Look at all the books I've read 

In my lonely single bed 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh 

But when you say love, oh