Learning How to Listen
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

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.

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.

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