I Wanna Learn A Love Song

I come fresh from the street
Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy
Not much meat on my bones
And a whole lot alone, more than a little bit crazyAnd 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 billYou see, 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 singSo, I'd show up about once a week
In my faded tight-legged jeans
With a backlog full of hobo stories
And dilapidated dreamsShe said, "I wanna learn a love song
Full of happy things"
She said, "I wannalearn a love song
Won't you let me hear you sing?"She said, "I wanna learn a love song
Wanna hear you play"
She said, "I, 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 meI could hear her old man laughin' in the den
Playin' stud poker with the boys
While I sang so soft in the living room
Too scared to make much noiseI 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
'Til I could not sing no moreYou know, the silence kept on buildin'
And her eyes grew much too wide
I could hear both of our heartbeats
But there was no place to hideShe 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
Wanna hear you play"
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
Before you go away"Guess, you know what happened
My God, I never been so clean
Yeah, I feel like I'm workin' in a Hollywood movie
Or livin' out a good bad dreamAnd all them pin-up 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 manShe 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
Wanna hear you play"
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
Before you go away"
I guess you know, I stayed