I could speak tongues of both angels and men
Prophesy mysteries time and again
But if love is absent then I am nothing

If I should boast in the trouble I face
Pray and the mountains be moved from their place
If love is absent then it’s all a waste

Teach me to love like you do
Faithful and always true

Prophecies fade and all tongues they will cease
Knowledge, like mountains cast into the sea
But love stretches far as the eye can see

Oh, love never fails
Keeps no record of wrongs
Love is enduring
And love suffers long
It's never resentful
But patient and strong

So teach me to love like you do
Faithful and always true

'Cause love is a scarlet hue
Without love, it means nothing at all
If I don't have love I have nothing at all

Let me not wander, o lord
Lost in the weary world
Let me not forfeit my soul
Without love, it means nothing at all
If I don’t have love I have nothing at all
Without love, it means nothing at all
If I don’t have love I have nothing at all