Peter Gabriel Songs - Modern Love Lyrics

Peter Gabriel - Modern Love

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Album: Peter Gabriel (first, car)
Released: 1977

Modern Love Lyrics

Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean
All you can give is a spin in your washing machine
I fly off to Rome to my prima bella
She leaves me in the rain with telescopic umbrella
Ooh the pain -- Modern Love can be a strain

I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell
But the pearls in her oyster were as tacky as hell
For Lady Godiva I came incognito
But her driver had stolen her red hot magneto
Ooh the pain, modern love can be a strain

I don't know why they leave me in the lurch
To carry on the search
It's driving me up the wall
Pity when I have so much passion
Romance is out of fashion
Can't handle modern love at all

So I worship Diana by the light of the moon
When I pull out my pipe she screams out of tune
In Paris my heart sinks when I see the Mona Lisa
She gives me the wink, then she shows me the freezer
Ooh the pain
Modern love can be a strain

Writer/s: GABRIEL, PETER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Modern Love Song Chart

This was Gabriel's second single as a solo artist, after "Solsbury Hill." It tanked on the charts.

Like some other Gabriel songs ("Sledgehammer," "Steam"), this contains lots of phallic references, including a telescopic umbrella, his Venus, and the pipe.