I Wanna Learn a Love Song Lyrics

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I Wanna Learn a Love Song Lyrics by Harry Chapin

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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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