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

Gino Di Nunno is a 65 year old guy from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He can't sing, but since starting writing and recording his songs in 2016, he is improving. He is obsessed with Rock Progressivo Italiano, Orchestral music (Beethoven, Mahler, Shostakovich), Jethro Tull, Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, and Philosopy. Gino started playing guitar in 1976, but two years later he suffered a left-hand accident and lost 3 and 2/3 fingers (He also started dabbling with piano in 2016, though he doesn't consider himself adept he knows enough to make it sound good). He did not start playing again (as a left-hander) until 1980, and with very long practice sessions, he was able to start a band, taking the hard road by writing original material with his brothers and a few vocalists, where they played everything from Punk, Blues, and a mix of Progressive Rock and Metal.

The band of brothers decided to end their music pursuit in the early 90's to catch up with life. Gino decided to give music another try in the early 2000's and didn't start recording and releasing music until 2016, releasing versions of albums on Soundcloud where he had no idea what he was doing; however, each album saw improvement (yes...even his vocals) by learning through trial and error experimentation. 

Gino said the best advice he ever received was when a guy told him, "if you can't sing, make sure your lyrics are good so people will focus on them instead of your singing." Gino writes deep lyrics dealing with life struggles and predicaments, yet always with a bit of hope. He prefers to write small symphonies within a song, with lots of changes, added dynamics, and a breaking away from familiar forms and structures. He realizes he is not unique in breaking new ground, and that aging and long practice sessions has given him (at times) an aching right wrist which has taken away the speed he once had, and even with his spotty vocals his only request is that you dive deep into the songs because he insists something beautiful can be discovered.  (Antonella Gaspari)