They teach you to read

They teach you to write

They teach you to say

Your prayers at night

They teach you good manners

And all that stuff



But they don't teach you how to love



Dad taught me fishin'

Baitin' the hook

Mama taught me how

To sew and cook

I know that they tried

But what I'm dreamin' of,



Is that someone's gonna teach me how to love



Anyone can move a mountain

If they work hard enough

If it was only that easy

To move someone to love



They teach you to hurt

They teach you to hate

And learn to hold back

Till it's just too late

Then they teach you to run

When the goin' gets tough



But they don't teach you how to love



They teach you to dance

They teach you to sing

These days they teach you

Everything

I know why my heart

Feels like it does



If someone's gonna teach me how to love



Please won't you teach me how to love