"I Learned How to Make Love from the Movies" is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It is an a cappella demo and the original file's metadata suggests it was recorded in March 2009. It leaked February 3, 2020.
Cross-references
- The song's chorus also appears in "Every Man Gets His Wish", as a bridge.
- Ruby Tuesday's is also mentioned in "Every Man Gets His Wish" and the demo version of "Hundred Dollar Bill".
- The song's title is also used as a lyric in "Every Man Gets His Wish".
- Del Rey is also being called "Lana Rey" in "Trash Magic".
- The phrase "bad to the bone" is also used in "You Can Be The Boss".
- The phrase "Before you kiss the alligator, don’t ask to see him later" could be a reference to another song named "C U L8r Alligator".
- The phrase "Diamond horseshoe ring" is also mentioned in "Greenwich", while "diamond horseshoe" is mentioned in "Axl Rose Husband".
- Betty Lou is also mentioned in "All Smiles".
- Alabama is mentioned in "Pin Up Galore", "1949" and the demo of "Trash Magic".
- A white milkshake is also mentioned in "Every Man Gets His Wish".
- The lyric "a millionaire" could be a reference to "Million Dollar Man".
- References to cola or coke also appear in "Cola", "My Song 57" and "Coca Colla".
- Smoking is also mentioned in "The Next Best American Record".
- Direct reference to Ray.
Lyrics
I learned how to make love from the movies
Catch me all waitressin' up Ruby Tuesday’s
Says he wants to buy me and a white milkshake
I’ll serve you up a special side of heartbreak
Betty Lou’s working down at the Friendly’s
Met a millionaire while she was serving him pancakes
She served her baby a Coke and went outside for a smoke
Before you kiss the alligator don’t ask to see him later, oh
I learned how to make love from the movies
Catch me all waitressin' up Ruby Tuesday’s
Says he wants to buy me and a white milkshake
I’ll serve you up a special side of heartbreak
She said, "Lana Rey, you gotta do what I say,
My man’s sending his buddy Ray over your way,
He knows you’re bad to the bone and that you never come home,
But he saw you in a picture and he really wants to meet ya,
So if you see him, just do what I say,"
I said, "Okay,"
I learned how to make love from the movies
Catch me all waitressin' up Ruby Tuesday’s
Says he wants to buy me and a white milkshake
I’ll serve you up a special side of heartbreak
Now he’s my rodeo king and I’m his Alabama
Diamond horseshoe ring and I know how my man-uh
Likes it, likes it, likes it, ah