I Wanna Learn A Love Song lyrics
Song information
Artist: Harry Chapin Album: Greatest Stories Live
Lyrics
I come fresh from the street Fast on my feet, kind a lean and lazy; Not much meat on my bones, and a whole lot alone And more than a little bit crazy The old six string was all I had To keep my belly still And for each full hour lesson I gave I got a crisp ten dollar bill
She was married for seven years To a concrete castle king She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar And to hear her children sing So I'd show up about once a week In my faded tight-legged jeans With a backlog full of hobo stories And dilapidated dreams
She said, "i wanna learn a love song full of happy things." She said, "i wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?" She said, "i wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play." She said, "i wanna learn a love song before you go away."
So I tried to teach her a couple of chords And an easy melody; But it always turned out she'd rather listen To my guitar and me I could hear her old man laughing in the den Playing stud poker with the boys While I sang so soft in the living room To scared to make much noise I came one week and the den was dark And she met me at the door And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked Till I could not sing no more The silence kept on building Her eyes grew much too wide; And I could her both of our heartbeats But there was no place to hide
She said, "i wanna learn a love song full of happy things." She said, "i wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?" She said, "i wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play." She said, "i wanna learn a love song before you go away."
Well, I guess you know what happened God, I never been so clean Yes, I feel like I'm working in a hollywood movie Or living out a good bad dream And all them pinup girls in that tinsel world Never touched me like she can; It took another man's wife in the real world life To make this boy a man
She said, "i wanna learn a love song full of happy things." She said, "i wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?" She said, "i wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play." She said, "i wanna learn a love song before you go away." I guess you know I stayed
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