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harry chapin - i want to learn a love song lyrics

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i come fresh from the street
fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy
not much meat on my bones
and a whole lot alone, more than a little bit crazy

and 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

you see, 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 wannalearn a love song
won’t you let me hear you sing?”

she said, “i wanna learn a love song
wanna hear you play”
she said, “i, 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 laughin’ in the den
playin’ stud poker with the boys
while i sang so soft in the living room
too 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
’til i could not sing no more

you know, the silence kept on buildin’
and her eyes grew much too wide
i could hear 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
wanna hear you play”
she said, “i wanna learn a love song
before you go away”

guess, you know what happened
my god, i never been so clean
yeah, i feel like i’m workin’ in a hollywood movie
or livin’ out a good bad dream

and all them pin-up 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
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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