Learning How to Listen

Life is like a song to sing

With measured beats and phrases

And bended notes and some repeats

Music through the ages

That brings the highs, the lows, the swells

Sometimes it's for an ending

Bringing other songs to sing

Ascending, descending

I'm learnin' how to listen

How to hear a melody

How to hear the song I'm singin'

How to feel and let it be

And listen to the song

Knowin' how it goes

And listen for the melody that flows

Music is a lover

With shiny golden wings

That whispers in the lover's ear

And dances when it sings

And sends a variation

On an everlasting theme

It's either love or sorrow on the scene

I'm learnin' how to listen

For the songs I name and sign

And claim as a possession

And say that they are mine

'Cause everybody knows

That songs come from out of the blue

And I'm learnin' how to hear the changes too

I'm learnin' how to listen

To the rhythm of the night

How to keep it simple

How to make it sweet and light

Smooth and free and easy

For slammin' in a jam

And all for just a moment, the music that I am

I'm learnin' how to listen

How to holler, sing the blues

I'm learnin' how to rise above

And wear somebody's shoes

Learnin' how to listen

For the song was given me

I'm learnin' how to listen and be free

I'm learnin' how to listen

How to hear a melody

How to hear the song I'm singin'

How to feel and let it be

And listen for the song

Knowing how it goes

And listen for the melody that flows

And listen for the melody that flows