Lyrics Wonderful Struggle - The Hold Steady

Wonderful Struggle

I was trying to tell a story, I was trying to save my life
I only said the good girls don’t always do what’s right
I was offering an example, trying to prove a greater point
About how your sons and daughters never meant to disappoint you
I’m sorry
For making all of this trouble
Holly, I’m sorry
Young love is such a wonderful struggle
I was trying to be so righteous, I was just trying to get thanks
We got baptized in the river, we got blissed out on the banks
I was stranded on East Hennepin, trying to get back south
Didn’t want to hurt nobody, I just wanted to get out
I’m sorry
For making all this trouble
Holly, I’m sorry
Young love is such a wonderful struggle
It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, the struggling
The struggling, the struggling, the struggling, it’s wonderful
I’d rather bleed to death than live inside some bubble
Young love is such a wonderful struggle
Gonna try to make it work
I didn’t mean to hurt you
Holly, I’m sorry
For all the things that I put you through
Holly, I’m sorry
For all the places I took you to
It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, the struggling
The struggling, the struggling, the struggling, it’s wonderful
Young love is such a wonderful struggle
The struggling, the struggling, the struggling, it’s wonderful
It’s magical, it’s mystical, it’s musical, it’s beautiful
I’d rather bleed to death than live in some bubble
Young love is such a wonderful struggle
Gonna try to make it work
I didn’t mean to hurt you