I Want To Learn A Love Song Lyrics - Harry Chapin

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 

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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 

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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