I TRIED TO TEACH YOU

I stepped right into your sweet smile

Like you wanted me to

And spent the next few years wondering

How much I’d let you put me through

How many times you’d hurt me

Before I would just give up

You didn't understand a thing

About what it means to love

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I tried to teach you how to love

But you did not want to learn

I followed you rebuilding

The bridges that you burned

I never put conditions on 

The love I felt for you

But that was something complex

That you never learned to do

Forever is a treasure

You must work hard to earn

I tried to teach you how to love 

But you did not want to learn

~~*~~

There’s nothing wrong with wanting held

When you feel the need to cry

There’s nothing wrong with feeling pain

When a loved one dies

There’s nothing wrong with giving

Though nothing is returned

I tried to teach you how to love

But you did not want to learn

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

It shouldn't have to be that way

It should be a two way street

But if just one side is traveling 

There’s nowhere for two to meet
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I tried to teach you how to love

But you did not want to learn

I followed you rebuilding

The bridges that you burned

I never put conditions on 

The love I felt for you

But that was something complex

That you never learned to do

Forever is a treasure

You must work hard to earn

I tried to teach you how to love 

But you did not want to learn

~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~
You go on and leave now
Another bridge you've burned
I tried to teach you how to love
But you did not want to learn
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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