I Wanna Learn A Love Song lyrics

Song information

Artist: Harry Chapin
Album: Verities & Ba

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