Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Hard Love, artist - Tony Rice. Album song Me & My Guitar, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 31.12.1985
Record label: Concord, Rounder
Song language: English
Hard Love |
Well, I remember growing up like it was only yesterday |
Mom and Daddy tried their best to guide me on my way |
But the hard times and the liquor drove the easy love away |
And the only love I knew about was hard love |
Well, it was hard love every hour of the day |
When Christmas to my birthday was a million miles away |
And the fear that came between them drove the tears into my play |
There was love in daddy’s house but it was hard love |
Well, I recall the gentle courtesy you showed me as I tried |
To dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside |
And for every song of laughter there was another song that cried |
This ain’t no easy weekend, this is hard love |
Well, it was hard love every step of the way |
Hard to be so close to you and hard to turn away |
And when all the stars and sentimental songs dissolved the day |
There was nothing left to sing about but hard love |
So I love you for your courage and your gentle sense of shame |
I love you for your laughter and your language and your name |
Though I knew it was impossible but I love you just the same |
Though the only love I gave to you was hard love |
Well, it was hard love, it was hard on you, I know |
When the only love I gave to you was love I couldn’t show |
You forgave the heart that loved you, as your lover turned to go |
Leaving nothing but the memory of hard love |
Now I’m standing in this phone booth with a dollar and a dime |
Wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind |
For the Lord’s Cross might redeem us but our own just waste our time |
And to tell the two apart is always hard love |
So I’ll tell you that I love you even though I’m far away |
I’ll tell you how you’ve changed me as I live from day to day |
How you’ve helped me to accept myself and I won’t forget to say |
Love is never wasted even when it’s hard love |
Well, it’s hard love but it’s love all the same |
Not the stuff of fantasy but more than just a game |
And the only kind of miracle that’s worthy of the name |
For the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love |