I Wanna Learn A Love Song Lyrics - Harry Chapin

I come fresh from the street, fast on my feet, 

Kinda crass and corny. 

Not much meat on my bones and a whole lotta loans 

and more than a little bit horny. 

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 back log full of hobo stories and delapadated dreams. 

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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, too scared to make much noise. 

I came one week, 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. 

You know the silence kept in building 

Her eyes grew much too wide 

And i could hear both of our heart beats, 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 

Wont 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. 

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I guess you know what happened 

God i, I never been so clean 

I feel like i'm workin in a Hollywood movie 

or living out a good bad dream. 

and all them pin up girls in that tinsle world 

never touched me like she can. 

It took another mans 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 

Wont 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.