Hall & Oates

Released: December 15, 1984

Songwriter: Janna M. Allen Daryl Hall

Producer: Hall & Oates

[Intro]
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's the method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's the method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e

[Verse 1]
In the moonlight, under starlight
Songs old as the night are what I've been dreaming of
Everybody's hard as iron
Locked in the modern world
Dreams were made of a different stuff

[Bridge]
I believe love will always be the same
The ways and means are the parts subject to change

[Chorus]
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's a method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's a method of modern love

[Verse 2]
I can call you, got your number
Share my life with you a thousand miles away
If you've hurt me, I haven't shown it
Time's too tight to fight
And we're never face to face

[Bridge]
Style is timeless, they say fashion's only now
We've got the ways no one needs to show us how

[Chorus]
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's a method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's a method of modern love

Method of, method of love
Method of, method of love, love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
(Love, love)
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
(Love, love)

It's the modern love
[Chorus]
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
I know what you're dreaming of
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
What we got is a method of modern love
It's a method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
We know what we're doing, don't we?
We know what we're doing, don't we?
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
In the moonlight, in the starlight
Songs old as the night are what we are dreaming of
It's a method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e

Dreams are made of a different stuff
Emanating in the method of a modern love
Present tense, past time behind
Don't fall for the same old line
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
Don't you know
That it's a method of modern love

I got the way with words
I got a way with rhyme
I do believe that I'm inclined to look ahead
And not behind
I got the method, baby
And it's right on time

It's a method of modern love
It's a method of modern love
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
I know what you're dreaming of
M-e-t-h-o-d-o-f-l-o-v-e
It's a method of modern love

Hall & Oates released the first of their 18 albums in 1972 on Atlantic Records. They would go on to sell 13 million albums and 6 million singles primarily during the 70’s and 80’s when they recorded their most prolific and profound music. They blended rock, jazz, soul, and pop create a genre they titled rock and soul.

While their technical musicianship, innovative songwriting styles, and popular live performances were praised, they also had a fruitful partnership with their manager Tommy Mottola, who was helped Hall & Oates break into music videos before they were popular and made profitable financial deals by helping them get on the ground level of and corporate sponsorship of tours. Hall & Oates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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