[00:00.00]I Wanna Lean A Love Song (LP版) - Harry Chapin [00:13.09]I come fresh from the street [00:14.90]Fast on my feet kinda lean and lazy [00:19.59]Not much meat on my bones [00:21.54]And a whole lot alone and more than a little bit crazy [00:26.12]The old six string was all I had [00:29.08]To keep my belly still [00:32.22]And for each full hour lesson I gave [00:35.24]I got a crisp ten dollar bill [00:40.44]She was married for seven years [00:43.17]To a concrete castle king [00:46.21]She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar [00:49.60]And to hear her children sing [00:52.49]So I'd show up about once a week [00:55.68]In my faded tight legged jeans [00:58.96]With a backlog full of hobo stories [01:02.14]And dilapidated dreams [01:06.70]She said I wanna learn a love song [01:10.48]Full of happy things [01:12.93]She said I wanna learn a love song [01:16.34]Won't you let me hear you sing [01:20.97]She said I I wanna learn a love song [01:24.63]I wanna hear you play [01:27.14]She said I I wanna learn a love song [01:30.68]Before you go away [01:38.25]So I tried to teach her a couple of chords [01:41.29]And an easy melody [01:44.77]But it always turned out she'd rather listen [01:47.62]To my guitar and me [01:50.65]I could hear her old man laughin' in the den [01:53.95]Playin' stud poker with the boys [01:56.83]While I sang so soft in the living room [02:00.28]Too scared to make much noise [02:05.83]I came one week and the den was dark [02:08.55]And she met me at the door [02:11.70]And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked [02:14.94]'Til I could not sing no more [02:18.08]The silence kept on buildin' [02:21.25]Her eyes grew much too wide [02:24.24]And I could hear love of our heartbeats [02:27.40]But there was no place to hide [02:32.19]She said I wanna learn a love song [02:36.00]Full of happy things [02:38.23]She said I wanna learn a love song [02:41.80]Won't you let me hear you sing [02:46.43]She said I I wanna learn a love song [02:50.34]I wanna hear you play [02:52.71]She said I I wanna learn a love song [02:56.23]Before you go away [03:10.13]Well I guess you know what happened [03:12.98]God I I never been so clean [03:15.98]Yeah I feel like I'm workin' in a hollywood movie [03:19.56]Or livin' out a good bad dream [03:22.39]And all them pin up girls in that tinsel world [03:25.65]Never touched me like she can [03:28.55]It took another man's wife in the real world life [03:32.11]To make this boy a man [03:36.44]She said I wanna learn a love song [03:40.33]Full of happy things [03:42.53]She said I wanna learn a love song [03:46.12]Won't you let me hear you sing [03:50.45]She said I I wanna learn a love song [03:54.40]I wanna hear you play [03:56.75]She said I I wanna learn a love song [04:00.23]Before you go away [04:08.09]I guess you know I stayed