Jay Young - Coulda Figured Out Lyrics

If you'd had a little less hunger when you were so much younger
You coulda figured out how to love, love, love
If you'd been a little bit older, a lot less bolder
You coulda figured out how to love, love, love
Your closet's all full of worn-out clothes
Hangin on skeletons and yellow bones
The past is just a picture but it strikes a pose

If I'd learned to wait a little longer and be a little stronger
I coulda figured out how to love, love, love
If I'd been a little bit harder a lot less smarter
I coulda figured out how to love, love, love
My songs are all full of the same old rhymes
I keep on comin back to them every time
The past is just a rhythm I could never find

But it's over now I finally found a reason to love, love, love
I can see somehow you taught me the meaning of love

If you'd had a little less attention then someone mighta mentioned
It aint that easy to love
If you had shined a little blacker you wouldn't be an actor
Whose fear was just a factor in love, love, love
Your knees are all dirty cuz you crawl too much
Your hands are always shakin cuz you lost the touch
The past is just a cradle that you learn to clutch

If I'd been a little more cautious I wouldn't feel so nauseous
Every time we talk about love, love, love
If I'd been a little more sadistic I wouldn't feel so twisted
When walking through the shadows of love, love, love
I always run away when it gets too real
This love is so much bigger than I want to feel
The past is still an open wound that's yet to heal

But it's over now I finally found a reason to love, love, love
I can see somehow you taught me the meaning of love