It was the first of May, a lovely day When you came into my life The timing was right There's one thing I want you to know You'll get the best of my love Hey, you'll get the best of my love Don't you hesitate, don't you wait When in doubt, let me know now I'll get to you somehow There's one thing I want you to know You'll get the best of my love Baby, get the best of my love You know there's a warm place waiting for you In my heart You know that I've always played by the rules From the start As we go from day to day I just want to say My love is here to stay No one can take that away, ooh Come to me tenderly Can we love into the night For the rest of my life Anywhere, say time, just call You'll get the best of my love Hey, baby, you'll get the best of my love Can't you see it was meant to be so Love is so blind Time after time There's one thing I want you to know You'll get the best of my love Oh baby, get the best of my love If you need somebody to take away the cruel I can fix it You know if you call, I'll be there real soon In a minute As we go from day to day I just want to say My love is here to stay No one can take that away You know there's a warm place waiting for you In my heart You know that I've always played by the rules From the very start As we go from day to day I just want to say My love is here to stay No one can take that away, hey Wanna tell you somethin', sweet, baby, yeah Ooh... hoo... listen You got the best of my love You got the best of my sweet lovin' You got the best of love You got the best of my love You got the best of my sweet lovin', baby You got the best of love You got the best of my love You got the best of my sweet lovin', uh You got the best of love Let me tell you, baby You got the best of my love You got the best of me You got the best of love