Lyrics

He came fresh from the street Fast on the speed Kind of lean and lazy Not much meat on his bones And a whole lot of lone And more than a little bit crazy His old six string was all he had To keep his belly still And for each full hour lesson he gave He got a crisp ten dollar bill And I'd been married for seven long years To a concrete castle king I decided to learn to play the guitar Just to hear my children sing So he'd show up about once a week In his faded tight legged jeans With a backlog full of hobo stories And a lap of dated dreams I said I want to learn a love song Full of happy things I said I want to learn a love song, boy Don't you let me hear you sing? I want to learn a love song I want to hear you play I said I want to learn a love song, boy Before you go away So he tried to teach me a few easy chords And a simple melody But most of the time I'd rather listen to him Just play and sing to me Then he came one night and the house was door I met him on the door And we sat on the couch And we sang and talked Till ew could not sing no more I said I want to learn a love song, boy Full of happy things I said I want to learn a love song Won't you let me hear you sing? I want to learn a love song I want to hear you play I'd say I want to learn a love song Before you go away I guess you know what happened Lord, he's been good to me Sometimes I feel like I'm working in a Hollywood movie Or living out a good bad dream I said I want to learn a love song, boy Full of happy things I said I want to learn a love song Won't you let me hear you sing? I want to learn a love song I want to hear you play I'd say I want to learn a love song Before you go away