Kate and Anna McGarrigle were a Canadian sister folk singing duo. This song by them is one of my favorite songs. Kate was the song writer of the pair. In this video she is playing the piano. She was married to Loudon Wainwright III in the early 19702. They had two singer-songwriter children, Rufus and Martha. I'm sad to say that Kate died last Monday, at 63, of cancer.
Some say a heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it, you can't mend it
And my love for you is like a sinking ship
And my heart is like that ship out in mid ocean
They say that death is a tragedy
It comes once and it's over
But my only wish is for that deep dark abyss
'Cause what's the use of living with no true lover
And it's only love, and it's only love
That can wreck a human being and turn him inside out
That can wreck a human being and turn him inside out
When harm is done no love can be won
I know this happens frequently
What I can't understand
Oh please God hold my hand
Is why it should have happened to me
And it's only love and it's only love
And it's only love and it's only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love
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I'm sorry to hear about Kate's passing. I've always liked them. One of my favorites of their songs is the quirky, "NaCl", a love song about the elements, sodium and chloride. I also liked it when they sang in French.
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