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I had to settle for Sam Harris rehearsing this song because I can't find Ms. Peter's version. Bernadette Peters did a steamin' rendition of this on "Saturday Night Live" back in the 80s. The lyric has been slightly altered to a masculine perspective.

Lyrics-
A LOG THROWN ON THE FIRE,
TWO PROFILES MEET AS ONE
THE IGNITING OF DESIRE IN THE AIR
BUT WHEN THERE'S JUST ONE PROFILE
AND YET DESIRE GROWS
DESPITE THE FACT
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO CARE
MUST ROMANCE BE ABANDONED
AS IT'S FANNING ITS OWN FLAME
RAGING TO BURST FULL BLOWN?
NO.

THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF BLISS
NOT ENGENDERED BY A KISS
SURREPTITIOUSLY INDULGED,
THOUGH MORE, WELL KNOWN
FOR WHEN ONE CANNOT
MAKE LOVE WITH ANOTHER
ONE CAN STILL MAKE LOVE ALONE

THERE'S A CERTAIN SPECIAL MAGIC
TO THE TOUCH OF YOUR OWN HAND
AND THE BURNING THRILL
KNOWING THAT YOU WILL
FOR SURE SOON BE FEELING GRAND
AND THAT TENDER SWELL OF RAPTURE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO POSTPONE
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING LOVE ALONE

OH THE SWEET SWEET SOUND
OF YOUR OWN BREATHING
WHEN THERE'S NO ONE ELSE
YOU HAVE TO PLEASE
WITH THE CAREFREE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T CONTRACT
THOSE PESKY STDS
IT'S THE KIND OF LOVE
THAT FITS HAND IN GLOVE
AND TAKES LIKE A DOG TO A BONE
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING LOVE ALONE.

NO NEED TO STIFLE
EVERY PASSIONATE SHOUT
YOU EMIT WHEN ABOUT TO ARRIVE
YOU SETTLE BACK
AND FEEL THE CONSTANT DEVOTION
OF ONE TOUCH OF LOTION
AND SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE
-- ALL BY MYSELF!
IT'S SO SIMPLER TO FEEL THE ADMIRATION
AND SATISFACTION OF YOUR OWN SIZE
THERE'S NO SMALL TALK
OR CLUMSY CONVERSATION
AND RARELY TEARFUL GOOD BYES
WHEN THERE'S NO ONE THERE
THERE'S A CASUAL FLARE
TO CASTING OFF SEEDS UNSOWN

CAUSE THE DATE
WHO YOU CAN'T SEE THEIR FACE IS
THE ONE WHO KNOWS
ALL THE RIGHT PLACES
YOU'RE THE GUEST OF THE BEST
OF YOUR TESTOSTERONE

DUE TO THE SIMPLE MAGIC OF MAKING LOVE,
NOT TAKING, FAKING OR MISTAKING LOVE,
BUT THE SIMPLE MAGIC OF MAKING LOVE ALONE
-- ASK JOEY FATONE!
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING LOVE ALONE
-- ASK PATTI LUPONE!
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING LOVE ALONE
-- ASK MELISSA AND JOAN!
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING LOVE
ALO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O...
-- (I'M NOT DONE YET!)
...O-O-O-O-O-O-ONE!!

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