Love Is The Key is another early song of mine, which ponders life, love, dreams and meaning.  It makes the case for never giving up on our dreams and making love the central focus of our lives, “We’ll carry on ’till the end of time, And live our lives in love and find, That we’ll always remember, and never forget, That life is for living, and love is the key…Love is the key for the world.”  My hope and prayer is that we might all one day live in a world of love for all people, “And never forget, That life is for living and love is the key…Love is the key to our hearts!”

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I recorded my original song “Love Is The Key” in two takes on Set 5 in 1996, and it speaks to love being the key to all we do. Take 2 is the better version, but they both reflect my journey, “Why is life so hard to find the answers to, Why is it love that holds the key to all we do, Why do I search for all the dreams I’m reaching for…” Enjoy! ♡ 🙂 Mark

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(Note:  As with all of my early songs during which I worked with my friend Gordon Olvera, I’ve shared the copyright with him for trying to give voice to my songs.  Emailed versions of these songs lose their chord alignment and formatting, so refer to the original post and/or the scanned lyric sheet as your guide!)

Love Is The Key

“Early Works – The Start Of A Dream”, Collected Works Volume XI, Mark D. Jones/Gordon A. Olvera, Copyright 1990, All Rights Reserved

Verse One:

F         C       D                     A

Why is life so hard to find the answers to

F           C            D                      A

Why is it love that holds the key to all we do

F            C              D                        A

Why do I search for all the dreams I’m reaching for

D            A                       G  A

Why do I always search for more

            G                D                   A

I’m just living my life trying to carry on

G                         D                   A

Looking for love, a love to call my own

    G                   D                       A

I’ll never give up, never give up my dreams

    D                     A

I’ll carry on ’till the end of time

          D                        A

And I’ll live my life and I’ll know it’s mine

          G        D                   G       D

But I’ll always remember and never forget

       E           D            E              D

That life is for living and love is the key

E              D     E               D

Love is the key, Love is the key

A              E              D                   E

Love is the key to our hearts, to our hearts

Verse Two:

F          C        D                       A

Look to love in all the things you hope to do

F             C        D                    A

Give your love to all the world in all you do

F                  C           D             A

Why can’t we live together in the world as one

D            A                     G  A

Why do I always hope for more

            G                   D                      A

I’m just looking for the answers for the world

          G                   D              A

People livin’ their lives looking for love

           G                   D                       A

We will never give up, never give up our dreams

        D                     A

We’ll carry on ’till the end of time

       D                   A

And live our lives in love and find

              G                 D           G           D

That we’ll always remember, and never forget

       E            D             E             D

That life is for living, and love is the key

E              D     E             D

Love is the key, love is the key

A              E               D                  E

Love is the key for the world, for the world