Lyrics If I Didn't Love You - Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 9 March 1980 - Squeeze

If I didn't love you, I'd hate you
Watching you play in the bath
A soap sud stickleback navy
A scrubbing brush landing craft

Your skin gets softer and warmer
I pat you down with a towel
Tonight, it's love by the fire
My mind goes out on the prowl

If I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I
If I didn't love you, I'd hate you
I'm paying your stereogram
Singles remind me of kisses
Albums remind me of plans

Tonight it's love by the fire
The wind plays over the coals
Passionate looks are my fancy
But you turn the look into stone

If I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I
If I didn't love you, would you sit and glow
By the fire, if I didn't love you
Would you make me feel so
Love me
Oh, if I didn't love you
Hmm, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I

If I didn't love you, I'd hate you
Cocoa mugs sit side by side
It's time to poke at the fire
But it's not tonight looks I find

Taking a bite on a biscuit
The record jumps on a scratch
Tonight, it's love by the fire
The door of your love's on the latch

If I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I, if I
If I didn't love you, would you sit and glow
By the fire, if I didn't love you
Would you make me feel so
Love me, oh
If I didn't love you

If I didn't love you, would you sit and glow
By the fire if I didn't love you
Would you make me feel so
Love me, oh
If I didn't love you
Mmm, If I, if I, if I, didn't, didn't, didn't
Love you, love you, love you