Learning How To Listen Lyrics - Abbey Sings Abbey - Abbey Lincoln

Life is like a song to sing 

with measured beats and phrases 

With 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 

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 

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Music is a lover 

with shiny golden wings 

that whispers in the lovers' ears 

and dances when it sings 

and sings in variations 

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 claim as a possession, 

and say that they are mine. 

'Cause every body knows 

that songs come from out of the blue, 

and I'm learning how to hear 

[the changes too. 

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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 slammin' in a jam 

and know for just a moment 

the music that I am. 

I'm learning how to listen, 

how to holler, sing the blues. 

I'm learning how to rise above 

and wear somebody's shoes. 

Learning how to listen 

for the song was given me. 

I'm learning how to listen and be free. 

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 

and listen for the melody that flows.