I accept that perspective too, and I've found the best loves songs are the most meaningful ones. Songs written for real girls, or at least about deep, lasting love from flirting to dating to engagement to marriage. For example, Sting has several loves songs that don't stop at the dating stage but sing of marriage and a lifetime of love ("Straight to my Heart" "When We Dance"). Also, "You're the Best Thing About Me" works so well because Bono really means it, and Ali really is the best thing about him. That song comes from a lifetime of love, 35 years of marriage and several preceding years of