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Don't Know How to Love

from Athens by Ross Wright

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I grew up with some great examples of how to give love out
Ate it up like Cap'n Crunch you know it gave me crunch mouth
If my gums weren't hurtin' baby, it wasn't workin'
If my heart ain't spurtin' maybe my love is worthless
So can I give it out, give it up, live it out
While others live it up, now what gon' be my livin' 'bout
Will I leave my mark when I'm all done singing out?
(Jason E. Call)
Now tell the people what we singin' bout

Laughin’s for the babies, dreamin’s for the child
And high ideals for the college boy with blinders on his eyes
Wisdom for the old man before he sails to other side
I guess I’m caught in the middle and I realize

I don’t know how, I don’t how to love
I don’t know how, I don’t how to love
I’ve taken so much
I’ve had more than a couple lifetime’s enough, but I...
I don’t know how, I don’t how to love

We’ve all been guilty of living like we’ll never grow old
But a couple of days in the real world can make a love grow cold
(Can make a love grow cold)
How do we keep the fires burning when we know it’s bound to get dark
I guess I gotta get up
It’s my turn to give everything I got

I don’t know how, I don’t how to love
I don’t know how, I don’t how to love
I’ve taken so much
I’ve had more than a couple lifetime’s enough, but I...
I don’t know how, I don’t how to love

I’m asking for your spirit, beggin’ for your song
I can almost hear it after thirty years along
Show me how to reach out, help me to see
The beautiful way you’re reaching out to me

I'm all done trusting in what man's made
Show me how to love everything that your hands made
If I can't live it, don't matter if I sing it
God, you brought me so much love now show me how to bring it

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from Athens, released November 18, 2014
Featuring Jason E. Call (lead vocals) and Jamie Storm (electric guitar)

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Ross Wright Richmond, Virginia

Ross lives in Richmond VA, where he writes pop songs about the human condition and the mysteries of love.

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