You Can Learn a Lot from a Song

Mama said that she could always tell just how I was feelin'

When I grabbed that old guitar and had picked out a line or two

But I guess guitars and mamas have that special way of knowin'

One brings you in the world, the other helps you make it through

Sometimes their words will move you, other times they cut right through you

While some make you so happy you can't help but sing along

Some help you say goodbye to loved ones as they move beyond that settin' sun

You can learn a lot from a song

You know you can learn a lot from a song

Each melody is someone's misery, it can leave you cold and empty

If you're searchin' for the answers or just tryin' to find your way

While others resonate the stories of salvation, faith, and glory

Of eternal life delivered on that Resurrection Day

Sometimes their words will move you, other times they cut right through you

While some make you so happy you can't help but sing along

Some help you say goodbye to loved ones as they move beyond that settin' sun

You can learn a lot from a song

You know you can learn a lot from a song

A piece of life, and love, and labor, jotted down with pen and paper

It don't matter if it's good or bad, someone will sing along

It's a lesson for the takin' 'cause my friend there's no mistakin'

That you can learn a lot from a song

You know you can learn a lot from a song

Yeah, you can learn a lot from a song