Give It Away

You Gotta Learn To Give It Away ©2013 Combs/O’Brien

If I had only listened to what my mama said
I would not be alone today
She always told me son, if you want love to stay
You gotta learn to give it away
Once I had a love so precious and so fine
But I was just too young to see
What I had right there, what I held in my hand
I had love but I threw it away

We all want some love, we don’t want to pay
But the world is made of love, and it doesn’t hurt to give it away
Love was always here, love is here to stay
Don’t have to give too much but you gotta learn to give it away

Just beyond the hill, they say the grass is green
And the skies are never grey
Every heart you find overflows with love
They know how to give it away
Look up at the birds flyin in the sky
And the lilies of the field
They neither have to toil, neither have to weave or spin
Love is theirs for givin away

We all want some love, we don’t want to pay
But the world is made of love, it doesn’t hurt to give it away
Love was always here, love is here to stay
Don’t have to give too much but you gotta learn to give it away

Now if you have a heart I bet it’s reaching out
Seems like hearts are made that way
If you want true love and you want love to stay
You gotta learn to give it away

We all want some love, we don’t want to pay
But the world is made of love, and you gotta learn to give it away
Love was always here, love is here to stay
Don’t to have to give too much but you gotta learn to give it away
You don’t have to give too much but you gotta learn to give it away.