The Lesson

THE LESSON

I should be able to play this song
Bang it out on a one string guitar
It's said a true craftsman never blames his tools
But love don't play by these rules

You take what you're given, you do what you can
There's no stone tablet on how to be a woman or a man
You love the way that you were loved
Until your heart breaks in two
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson will come to you
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson will come to you

He sat in the chair, didn't say a thing
I battered him with questions, confused and angry
With trembling lips and brimful eyes
Words can deceive but the body never lies

You take what you're given, you do what you can
There's no stone tablet on how to be a woman or a man
You love the way that you were loved
Until your heart breaks in two
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson will come to you
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson will come to you

Thirty years later, after a few shots of scotch
From out of nowhere, these words from his heart
He said "My old man wouldn't say ****
Not even if his mouth was full of it"

You take what you're given, you do what you can
There's no stone tablet on how to be a woman or a man
You love the way that you were loved
Until your heart breaks in two
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson will come to you
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson will come to you
If you can put it back together
Maybe the lesson