I Wanna Learn A Love Song [Live 1975 Version]-Harry Chapin

[ti:I Wanna Learn A Love Song (Live 1975 Version)] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Greatest Stories Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Wanna Learn A Love Song [Live 1975 Version] - Harry Chapin [00:37.96]I come fresh from the street [00:39.91]Fast on my feet kind a lean and lazy; [00:43.74] [00:44.35]Not much meat on my bones and a whole lot alone [00:47.60]And more than a little bit crazy [00:50.19] [00:50.83]The old six string was all I had [00:53.75]To keep my belly still [00:55.89] [00:56.44]And for each full hour lesson I gave [00:59.44]I got a crisp ten dollar bill [01:01.94] [01:05.10]She was married for seven years [01:07.49]To a concrete castle king [01:09.68] [01:10.42]She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar [01:13.84]And to hear her children sing [01:15.96] [01:16.77]So I'd show up about once a week [01:20.10]In my faded tight-legged jeans [01:22.32] [01:23.23]With a backlog full of hobo stories [01:26.41]And dilapidated dreams [01:28.70] [01:31.00]She said "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things " [01:36.63] [01:37.40]She said "I wanna learn a love song; [01:40.78]Won't you let me hear you sing " [01:42.93] [01:45.37]She said "I wanna learn a love song [01:48.42] [01:49.64]I wanna hear you play " [01:51.07] [01:51.92]She said "I wanna learn a love song before you go away " [01:57.21] [02:02.72]So I tried to teach her a couple of chords [02:06.19]And an easy melody; [02:09.29]But it always turned out she'd rather listen [02:12.55]To my guitar and me [02:14.59] [02:15.69]I could hear her old man laughing in the den [02:19.08]Playing stud poker with the boys [02:21.37] [02:22.17]While I sang so soft in the living room [02:25.06] [02:25.61]To scared to make much noise [02:29.49] [02:30.85]I came one week and the den was dark [02:33.73]And she met me at the door [02:36.05] [02:36.87]And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked [02:39.92]Till I could not sing no more [02:42.20] [02:43.27]You know the silence kept on building [02:45.50] [02:46.64]Her eyes grew much too wide; [02:49.06] [02:49.60]And I could hear both of our heartbeats [02:52.30] [02:52.96]But there was no place to hide [02:55.92] [02:57.94]She said "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things " [03:03.58] [03:04.23]She said "I wanna learn a love song; [03:07.65]Won't you let me hear you sing " [03:09.99] [03:12.29]She said "I wanna learn a love song [03:15.43] [03:16.59]I wanna hear you play " [03:18.05] [03:18.97]She said "I wanna learn a love song before you go away " [03:24.34] [03:42.15]Well I guess you know what happened [03:45.07] [03:45.75]God I never been so clean [03:48.36] [03:49.06]I feel like I'm working in a Hollywood movie [03:52.56]Or living out a good bad dream [03:55.09] [03:55.60]And all them pinup girls in that tinsel world [03:59.16]Never touched me like she can [04:01.42] [04:02.16]It took another man's wife in the real world life [04:05.69]To make this boy a man [04:08.36] [04:10.46]She said "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things " [04:16.31] [04:16.94]She said "I wanna learn a love song; [04:20.33]Won't you let me hear you sing " [04:22.77] [04:25.14]She said "I wanna learn a love song [04:28.08] [04:29.33]I wanna hear you play " [04:30.88] [04:31.73]She said "I wanna learn a love song before you go away " [04:38.34] [04:43.00]I guess you know I stay