The Look Of Love
Lyrics
Should have left you standing right where you stood
Should have let you go
Should have had the sense to know
Like a train you'd come
And I'd lose my place
Now I'm on this trip
I took a fall from grace
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
From the look of love
From the eyes of pride
Nowhere to go
No place to run
From the look of love
Now I've come undone
I've had a map laid out
From the day I was born
But the roads are blocked
And the paper is worn
And all the books I've read
And the things I know
Never taught me to laugh
Never taught to let go
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
From the look of love
From the eyes of pride
Nowhere to go
No place to run
From the look of love
Now I've come undone
My conscience is clear, I know right from wrong
That's a lie, I know nothing except that you're gone
But there's more to learn from the look in your eyes
That trip round this world, the stars in the sky
Now all the books I've read
And the things I know
Never taught me to live
Never taught me to let go
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
From the look of love
From the eyes of pride
Nowhere to go
No place to run
From the look of love
Now I've come undone
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
From the look of love
Lord knows I've tried
Nowhere to go
No place to run
From the look of love
Now I've come undone
(Nowhere to hide)
(No place to run)
(Nowhere to hide)
(No place to run)
(Nowhere to hide)
Credits
Written by Madonna and Patrick Leonard
Produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard
Album
Single
This lovely ballad was released as third and final single, only in Europe and Japan, on November 25, 1987. It was a top 10 hit in the UK (#9), Ireland (#6) and Belgium (#10). In Japan it stalled at #20. While Madonna and Patrick Leonard wrote the track specifically for the film Who's That Girl, Madonna was inspired by actor James Stewart in the 1954 film Rear Window.
Video
There was no separate video to support the single release of The Look Of Love, but there was a compilation of images from the movie.
Tour
This song brought a great intimate moment to the Who's That Girl Tour. Madonna is all alone in the spotlight. As she's walking around on stage, she seems completely lost, like Niki when she strolls alone through the city (in the movie). At the end she's struggling against the conveyor belt that in the end takes her along.