Once upon a time I had a girl And we swore we'd walk together Through this whole world And in a fit of passion One day we tied the knot And it was here we come real world Ready or not, ready or not We knew that we Were bucking the odds But we were young and in love So we followed our hearts We followed our hearts She waited tables And I drove a cab And barely enough was all we had We were livin' on love Livin' on love It was the only thing we had plenty of We were livin' on love We had bills upon bills Piled past our heads Livin' on love We had no money We forgot 'em instead Livin' on love Then one day about two years on Livin' on love I woke up one morning And she was gone Livin' on, livin' on love I can't really blame her It was such a strain Every loan shark in town They knew our name Yeah, they knew our name But, remember when we started And the promise we made But it's sad but true But things happen that way When you're livin' on love Livin' on love It was the only thing we had plenty of We were livin' on love Livin' on love It was the only thing we had plenty of We were livin' on love Livin' on love Livin' on love Livin' on love Hey, we were livin' on love Livin' on love Baby, livin' on love We were livin' on love