Love Teaches You Everything (G. Di Nunno)

I fell for her beauty and couldn't believe
How such luck came to a fool like me
The places we went
The things that we did
Had me happier than I'd ever been.

It was a struggle to keep her
Even my friends tried to steal her away
Saying they would give her
The moon and the stars
Even with all that she never was swayed.

I was stricken by love
One look from her, that magic touch
Oh, how I felt that I could do anything.

Soon she was trying to get me to change
Told me to put all that music stuff down
Work for that money
Do this don't do that
Finding misery was always around.

I did all I could just to please her
Seems our love was like grass cut by the blade
Said I changed too much
And soon she was gone
Guess she didn't like the man that she made.

Sacrificed who I was
All for her love, now nothing left
Better that she's gone
And now love will come again.

Sometimes I miss her so
A story line I won't repeat
That's the way it goes
Some things must come to an end.

And now as I look back
The pounds are gained and beauty fades
Doors always open
Love teaches you everything. 

All content written and performed by Gino Di Nunno
Copyright 2023.
From the upcoming album: Songs Rescued From the Slushpile.

#5. Love Teaches You Everything

UPDATE: for 2024 I am returning to my true love of Prog/Progressive Rock, and I intend to do seven tracks this year. I will be taking a break from Soundcloud here and there to get those nagging life obligations that we all have completed. Stay tuned and best wishes!

NOTE: Songs leading up to an album will not be a Progressive Rock project for 2023. Haven't run out of ideas--just giving light to older songs that have been begging to be heard.

I am an obsessed Progressive Rock fan favoring no genre in particular, yet I have  carried influences from: most every Italian band, especially Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, along with Jethro Tull, early Genesis, Marillion,  King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Ange (from France), and on the heavy side there is Mercyful Fate and King Diamond.  My guitar heroes include: Michael Schenker, Martin Barre, Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp,  Steve Rothery, Michael Denner, Hank Sherman. 

I consider deep lyrics to be essential (especially if you can't sing), as well as song dynamics and surprise elements, with a touch of altering song structures (gained from the days of tearing apart every Mercyful Fate song minus the Satan stuff). I am not inventing the wheel, nor do I consider myself groundbreaking in any way. I just can't stop writing songs. As I am aging (now 64) and being handicapped due to a work accident in 1978 which took 3 2/3 fingers off the left hand. I have an aching right wrist that doesn't let me fly as I once did, so I work within the limitations given.  I hope you enjoy.

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