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Song title: Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love
Original Album: Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love
Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright 2004 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfretsnet)
VERSE1:
F Gm Gm7 F Gm Gm7
I used to walk all over town, all over town
F Gm Gm7 Gm F C
Past the street-car lines and the reservoir
VERSE2:
F Gm Gm7 Am Gm Gm7
I used to wander all up and down, all up and down
F Gm Gm7 F
Waitin' for love from someone
CHORUS:
Bb C
I was waitin' for affection
Dm NC
But I was lookin' in the wrong direction
Bb C F Bb C
What I needed was not so much to be loved as to love
[repeat VERSE1]
VERSE:
F Gm Gm7 F Gm Gm7
I used to wander all up and down, all up and down
F Gm Gm7 F
Waitin' for someone's love a long time, yeah
CHORUS:
Bb C
A young man is allowed to yearn
Dm NC
But it took me so long to learn
Bb C F Bb C
That I needed not so much to be loved as to love
[play VERSE chords through]
CHORUS:
Bb C
A young man is allowed to yearn
Dm NC
But it took me so long to learn
Bb C Dm Am
That I needed not so much to be loved as to love Oh
Bb C F
Not so much to be loved as to love
CHORDS:
F 133211
Gm 355333
Gm7 353333
C 335553
Bb 113331
Dm 557765
[F] I used to walk
[Bb] all over town
[F] all over [Bb] town
[F] past the street car [Bb] lights
and the [F] reservoir [C]
[F] I used to wander
[Bb] all up and down
[F] all up and [Bb] down
[F] waitin for [Bb] love from [F] someone
[Bb] I was waitin for [Gm] affection
but I was [Dm] lookin in the wrong dir[Bb]ection
what I needed was
[Bb] not so much to be [C] loved
as to [F] love
yeah
[F] I used to walk
[Bb] all over town
[F] all over [Bb] town
[F] past the street car [Bb] lights
and the reser[F]voir
reser[Bb]voir
[F] I used to wander
[Bb] all up and down
[F] all up and [Bb] down
[F] waitin for someone's [Bb] love
a long [F] time, yeah
[Bb] a young man is allowed to [Gm] yearn
but it [Dm] took me so long to [Bb] learn
that I needed
not so much to be [C] loved
as to [F] love
[Bb] a young man is allowed to [Gm] yearn
but it [Dm] took me so long to [Bb] learn
that I needed
not so much to be [C] loved
as to [Bb] love
oh
[Bb] not so much to be [C] loved
as to [F] love
I used to walk
All over town
All over town
Past the street car lights
And the reservoir
I used to wander
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting for love from someone
I was waiting for affection
But I was looking in the wrong direction
What I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Yeah
I used to walk
All over town
All over town
Past the street car lights
And the reservoir
Reservoir
I used to wander
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting for someone's love
A long time, yeah
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Oh
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I used to wander
All over town
Yes, yes
I used to wander
All over town
You know
All over town
Past the street car line
And past the reservoir
I used to wander
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting for that girl
To be affectionate with me
I was looking for affection
But I was searching in the wrong direction
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I used to wander
All over Boston town
All over town
Past the street car line
And where the reservoir was
I used to wander
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting for love
Of a kind
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[New verses to an old song]
Well a young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
There just is no justice
The way the senses taunt us
To tempt us towards the tens of things we think we want
We need not so much to be loved
As to love
Catastrophic diabolical
The way the senses fool us
Catastrophic to let the senses rule us
I need not so much to be loved
As to love
Being needy and leaning on her
Didn't help my chances
Well I had yet to learn my lesson from St. Francis
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Sometimes the hungers of the body seem so strong
Be that as it may I was approaching this all along
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I speak of hunger not so easily satisfied
Now I've learned to trust the heavens to provide
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
When I was lonely I'd walk all over town
Up Boylston street and down
Out by the ??? streetcar
??? Reservoir
When I was lonely I'd walk all over town
Up Boylston street and down
Waiting for affection
That just wouldn't come
Waiting for the phone call
That wouldn't come
I was searching for affection
But was looking in the wrong direction
And I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Lonely I'd walk all over town
Up Boylston Street and down
Up to the Fenway and back down
Down by Kenmore square
In that soft summer afternoon
I walked downtown
Sad, dragging and dragging
Dragging in the afternoon downtown
Oh, a young man is allowed to yearn
It just took me so long to learn
That what I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I was patronizing without realizing that I was
I wasn't ready yet for a girlfriend yet because
I still needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I was defensive without realizing I defended
I leaned on her patience without realizing it was bending
I needed not so much to be loved
As to love
She'd tell me stories about herself
It went by in a blur
Cause I was more concerned frankly
With me than about her
I needed not so much to be loved
As to love
She'd tell me about her past
I thought I was listening
But I was just moving too fast
To be listenin'
I needed not so much to be loved
As to love
Oh a young man in allowed to yearn
Yeah
But it just took me so long to learn
That really what I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[Well] I used to walk
All over town, you know
All over town
Past the street car line
And up by the reservoir
When I was lonely
And I would walk all over town
All over Boston town
Waiting for attention
From that girl
I was looking for affection
But I was searching in the wrong direction
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I used to wander
Aimless
All over town
All over town
Past the street car line
And up by Boston's reservoir
Reservoir
I used to walk
All over town
All over town
Waiting for attention
From the girl
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
??? [[In French]]
Not so much to be loved as to love
I've been walking
All over town
All over town
Past the street car lights
And the reservoir, reservoir
Well I used to wander
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting waiting for someone to love
I was waiting for affection
But I was searching in the wrong direction
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I used to walk
All over town
All over town
Past the street car lights
And the reservoir
Reservoir
I used to look
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting for love of a woman
From a girl
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
??? [[In French]]
I used to walk
All over town
I used to be lonely walking all over town
All over town
Past where the street car line ends
Up by the reservoir
I used to wander
All up and down
All up and down
Waiting for the love of this girl
I was searching for affection
But I was looking in the wrong direction
Cause what I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
When I was lonely I walked all around
All over town
Past where the street car line ends
Up by the reservoir
I used to wander lonely all over Boston town
All over town
Waiting for attention from the girl
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[And to wrap up, I'll, I'll say goodbye to you with this one
See, we're here to do something really beautiful I think
It's nice that we're trying to reach out across the world a little bit and so the name of this next song I stole directly from St Francis of Assisi
It's called 'not so much to be loved']
[It's gonna start by telling you how I used to mope around Boston which is where I'm from, when I would be moping over a girl So when I talk about I know what it's like to be on ??? street at 3 am and ??? street ??? just waiting for that phone call that never comes
And just, you see, I got you]
I used to walk
All over town, you know
All over town
Past the street car line
And by the reservoir
???
When I was lonely, I'd walk all over town
All over town
Waiting for attention
From that girl
I was looking for affection
But I was searching in the wrong direction
What I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
When I was in my mid twenties I used to walk all over town
All over Boston town
From ??? up to ??? street by the reservoir
Reservoir
When I was lonely, I'd walk all over town
All over town
Waiting for love
Of a kind
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Well I used to walk
All over town in Boston which is where I'm from
[I grew up in the suburbs of Boston
Tommy there, he's from the midwest
???]
I used to walk
All over town
All over town
Past the street car line
And by the reservoir
When I was lonely I'd walk all over town
All up and down
Waiting for attention from the girl
I was waiting for affection
But I was searching in the wrong direction
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
When I was lonely I used to walk all over town
All over Boston town
Past the street car trolley tracks
And up by ??? circle reservoir
Reservoir
When I was lonely I'd walk all over town
All over town
Waiting for attention of a kind
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[Guitar]
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I used to wander
All over town
Past the street car line
And by the reservoir
Boston's Cleveland circle reservoir
When I was lonely
When I was lonely
I'd walk all over town
All over the town
Waiting
For some attention
From that girl
I was waiting for some affection
But I was always searching in the wrong direction
Cause what I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Lonely I'd walk all over town
All over town
Not for exercise
But because [being a musician I had lots of time
I didn't have to work during the day
So I had time to just feel sorry for myself
Waking up at 9 AM to about 5 or 6 in the afternoon
??? Sound check right at that time, you know
But if I wasn't working I could feel sorry for myself 24 hours a day]
I'd feel sorry all over town
All over ??? town
I just saw ??? Tremond??? street
The park ??? downtown
All the way out to the brookline line
Past the Cleveland circle
Reservoir
A young man is allowed to yearn
Yeah but it took me so long to learn
Still what I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Searching always for affection
But I was always looking in the wrong direction
I really needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
A young man is allowed to yearn
Yeah yeah but it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[It is valentine's day
I don't want to overtax things
Could I get away with one more?
???
I realize
That
I thought that was going to be the finish
But then I realized I thought of one more
Which would be even more of a finish
For this particular day]
Well when I was a lonely twenty year old
I would walk over Boston town
All over town
Past where the Boston MTA streetcar makes a right angle bend by the Cleveland circle reservoir
And lonely I'd walk all over the town
All back and forth and up and down
Waiting for affection from a girl
I was looking for affection
But was always searching in the wrong direction
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Lonely I'd walk all over town
All over the town
Past the street car line
By the Cleveland Circle reservoir
In the hot summer afternoon
I would suffer all over the town
Waiting for the attention that wasn't about to come
It's ok
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Guitar
There I was in the afternoon
With everyone with their windows open on Beacon street
The ??? up to Cleveland Circle
??? Corner of Harvard avenue
Everyone had their hot brick apartment windows open
And there's me
Suffering suffering walking
??? All over town
Even the hurt of the afternoon
Waiting waiting
Just waiting
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[Good night]
[This is, is it not
???]
When I was lonely and younger
I'd wander ??? all over Boston town
??? Beacon Street
Walked the street
In the long hot summer
Afternoon
Waiting for the phone call
That would never come
???
I'd walk all over town
When I was ??? at twenty one or so
When I was there and I'd walk all over town
Up street and down
Waiting for affection
And the phone call that wasn't about to come
Lonely I'd walk all over town
Up ??? street and back down
Twenty one and feeling old and searching for attention
Of that kind
Well I was wanting affection
But was always searching in the wrong direction
Cause what I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Lonely like that
I'd walk all over town
Up Beacon street and down
Up ??? in the summer afternoon
Hurting hurting
Inconsolable
And with all this time to walk the afternoons
Cause I was a musician so I didn't have to get a real job or anything
??? At two or three o'clock in the afternoon on the Tuesday free to just feel sorry for myself
Ok, a young man is allowed to yearn
Yeah but it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Guitar
[That wasn't the one that I wanted ???
I could lie and say I was looking for the other one
But you'd think
You know Jonathan doesn't play ??? jazz like that
I'll just admit I didn't want the F#, I wanted the plain old E]
And there I was lonely in the town
Up Backbay and back down
Up Marlborough street and down
By the Charles river up Massachusetts avenue
In the hot afternoon
Standing out
Maybe walking real slow
Not knowing why it was going wrong
Not understanding
Why I wasn't doing so well
A young man is allowed to yearn
Yeah but it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
What I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
I used to wander
All over town when I was young
All over town
Past where the street car in Boston made the right angle then
By the Cleveland Circle reservoir
When I was lonely I'd walk all over town
Up Beacon street and back down
Waiting for the time ??? come back to her
I was looking for affection
But I was always searching in the wrong direction
What I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
Lonely like that I marched the town
I ??? up Beacon street and down
I just sort of lazy walk up fourth street and ???
In the hot afternoon
Lonely I'd walk all over town
Up the street and down
Waiting and waiting for things that wouldn't come
Well
A young man is allowed to yearn
Yeah, but it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[Guitar]
[The hot afternoon
That's supposed to describe the dusty hot sunny summer afternoon]
And lonely that is the way
A young man of twenty one or two
I walked the town in the afternoon
Up Boston street and back down
Up ??? street and down
Lonely like that I'd walk all over town
The ??? way and the River Way
They looked sad and it helped me to feel sad
I was always sad in the afternoon
[All right]
A young man is allowed to yearn
Yeah, but it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[Good night]
What I needed was
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[And that's all]
When I was lonely I'd walk all around Boston town
All up and down
Past the street car line
It takes an angle then by the Cleveland Circle
???
When I was 21 I'd walk all over town
Lonely and up and down
Searching for affection
That I could not find
I was searching for affection
But I was searching in the wrong direction
I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
When I was lonely I'd walk all over town
All over town
Past the street car line
And by the reservoir
When I was lonely I'd walk all up and down
All up and down
Searching for affection
That wouldn't come
A young man is allowed to yearn
But it took me so long to learn
That I needed
Not so much to be loved
As to love
[Good night everyone]
[[Crowds yelling 'uno mas' (one more) over and over]]
[It's not the club's fault
We didn't work it out with their lighting director in advance
You see, what's common nowadays they do this thing
Where they leave the lights on you know
Ritualistically does the encore
We don't use a setlist
We don't use a plan
We couldn't repeat half of what we did
So what I'm saying is
When our show starts, it starts
And when it's over, it really is over
Because it isn't supposed to be like a ??? thing
That's how the show feels like a good thing to end
It's been great]
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