Love Spent

Lyrics

You had all of me, you wanted more
Would you have married me if I were poor
I guess if I was your treasury
You'd have found the time to treasure me

How come you can't see
All that you needed
Was right here with me
Up until the end
All this pretend wasn't for free

Hold me like your money
Tell me that you want me
Spend your love on me
Spend your love on me

Now you have your money
Spend it till there's nothing
Spend your love on me
Spend your love on me

If we opened up a joint account
Would it put an end to all your doubt
Frankly, if my name was Benjamin
We wouldn't be in the mess we're in

You played with my heart
Till death do we part
That's what you said
Now you have your flash car
Women and bars
It's gone to your head

Hold me like your money
Tell me that you want me
Spend your love on me
Spend your love on me

Love me like your money
Spend it till there's nothing
Spend your love on me
Spend your love on me

I want you to take me
Like you took your money
Take me in your arms
Until your last breath

I want you to hold me
Like you hold your money
Hold on to me
Till there's nothing left

Love spent
Feeling love spent
Yeah, I'm love spent
Wondering where the love went

Love spent
Yeah I'm love spent
Really love spent
Wondering where it all went

I want you to take me
Like you took your money
Take me in your arms
Until your last breath

I want you to hold me
Like you hold your money
Hold me in your arms
Until there's nothing left (nothing left, nothing left, nothing left)

Love spent
Feeling love spent
Yeah, I'm love spent
Wondering where the love went

Love spent
Yeah I'm love spent
Really love spent
Wondering where it all went

I want you to take me
Like you took your money
Take me in your arms
Until your last breath

I want you to hold me
Like you hold your money
Hold me in your arms
Until there's nothing left (nothing left, nothing left, nothing left)

Credits

Written by Madonna, William Orbit, Jean-Baptiste, Priscilla Hamilton, Alain Whyte, Ryan Buendia and Michael McHenry
Produced by Madonna and William Orbit
Co-produced by Free School
Mixed by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
Instrumentation by William Orbit, Ryan Buendia, Alain Whyte and Alan Tilston

Album

Song

The acoustic version of Love Spent, featuring supporting vocals by Priscilla Hamilton, was given as a bonus track to those who pre-ordered the album on iTunes during the Super Bowl weekend.

Tour

This song only entered the setlist 4 months into the MDNA Tour, when it premiered in Chicago. In Vancouver, it replaces Like A Virgin, but for the rest of the American tour leg, both songs are performed as a medley. To match the slowed-down Like A Virgin, the ballad rendition uses elements of the acoustic version. The original Like A Virgin choreography is now used for Love Spent, with dancer Marvin strapping Madonna into a corset in a sensual play of seduction and submission. As he drags her over the stage, Madonna grabs as much dollar bills - which were thrown on stage for relief of Sandy storm victims - as she can and puts them down his pants to pay him off. As he walks off, she crashes down next to the pianist and they disappear together.