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 lessson 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