Ryan Adams

learn to love

I will learn to love, I will learn
And I will teach myself to speak to you out on the city buses
Without talking now that I have some place to turn
I will learn to love, I will learn

I will speak your name, I will speak
And I will say it to myself as I'm quietly night skating
Out on that ice in those rinks they got downtown
That they only use at Christmas time when that Times Square ball comes down
And for that second a lover's kiss bought in that change
Too many birds go scattering to count the wings
But I will learn

I will do these things inside your love
However fragile is how broken it becomes
If I don't tell you how I'm feeling it's because
I'm still learning, but I will learn to love

This is how we walk together, old and filled with holes
In these sweaters, scarves and fireworks between us holding hands
Inside a million stars together as we walk
And we sit on some old bench I touch your hand in this old park
Inside of you, inside us

I will do these things inside your love
However fragile is how broken it becomes
When I don't tell you how I'm feeling it's because
I'm still learning but I will learn to love

And I will never let you go, not now
I'm too old to let you go and I'm too young to let you down
I will hold you close and brush your hair so fine
As the day reclines like old men tired and fed and filled with wine
In their favorite chairs, honey I ain't ever scared
You are with me all the time you are always there

And I will never let you go
I will do these things inside your love
However fragile is how broken it becomes
When I don't tell you how I'm feeling it's because
I'm still learning but I will learn to love
I'm still learning but I will learn to love