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learning how to listen
Abbey Lincoln
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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
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I'm learning how to listen
How to hear a melody
How to hear the song I'm singing
How to feel and let it be
And listen to the song
Knowing how it goes
And listen for the melody that flows
Music is a lover
With shining golden wings
That whispers in the lover's ear
And dances when it sings
And sings a variation
On an everlasting theme
It's either love or sorrow on the scene
I'm learning how to listen
For the songs I name and sign
And claiming the possession
And say that they are mine
'Cause everybody knows
That songs come from out of the blue
And I'm learning how to hear the changes too
I'm learning 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
Or slamming in a jam
And know for just a moment
The music that I am
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I'm learning how to listen
How to hear a melody
How to hear the song I'm singing
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
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