Substitute For Love

Album: Ray Of Light (1998)
Charted: 10
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  • I traded fame for love
    Without a second thought
    It all became a silly a game
    Some things cannot be bought

    I got exactly what I asked for
    Wanted it so badly
    Running, rushing back for more
    I suffered fools so gladly

    And now I find
    I've changed my mind

    The face of you
    My substitute for love
    My substitute for love
    Should I wait for you
    My substitute for love
    My substitute for love

    I traveled round the world
    Looking for a home
    I found myself in crowded rooms
    Feeling so alone

    I had so many lovers
    Who settled for the thrill
    Of basking in my spotlight
    I never felt so happy

    The face of you
    My substitute for love
    My substitute for love
    Should I wait for you
    My substitute for love
    My substitute for love

    Famous faces, far off places
    Trinkets I can buy
    No handsome stranger, heady danger
    Drug that I can try
    No ferris wheel, no heart to steal
    No laughter in the dark
    No one-night stand, no far-off land
    No fire that I can spark

    The face of you
    My substitute for love
    My substitute for love
    Should I wait for you
    My substitute for love
    My substitute for love

    Now I find I've changed my mind
    This is my religion Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Leo from Westminster 1, MdTherein lies part of Madonna's magic and mystique-The Lady Rocks! This brilliant ballad is about finding lasting love because Drowned World/Substitute for Love has a message that cries "Only Love Matters to Me! For Madonna, may it ever be so.
  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnMadonna really created magic with this song, love the lyrics.
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