所属专辑:Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
歌手: Tony Rice
时长: 04:22
Hard Love - Tony Rice[00:00:00]
Well I remember growing up like it was only yesterday[00:00:07]
Mom and Daddy tried their best to guide me on my way[00:00:13]
But the hard times and the liquor drove the easy love away[00:00:18]
And the only love I knew about was hard love[00:00:24]
Well it was hard love every hour of the day[00:00:32]
When Christmas to my birthday was a million miles away[00:00:37]
And the fear that came between them drove the tears into my play[00:00:43]
There was love in daddy's house but it was hard love[00:00:49]
Well I recall the gentle courtesy you showed me as I tried[00:00:57]
To dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside[00:01:03]
And for every song of laughter there was another song that cried[00:01:08]
This ain't no easy weekend this is hard love[00:01:14]
Well it was hard love every step of the way[00:01:23]
Hard to be so close to you and hard to turn away[00:01:28]
And when all the stars and sentimental songs dissolved the day[00:01:33]
There was nothing left to sing about but hard love[00:01:39]
So I love you for your courage and your gentle sense of shame[00:01:57]
I love you for your laughter and your language and your name[00:02:02]
Though I knew it was impossible but I love you just the same[00:02:08]
Though the only love I gave to you was hard love[00:02:13]
Well it was hard love it was hard on you I know[00:02:22]
When the only love I gave to you was love I couldn't show[00:02:27]
You forgave the heart that loved you as your lover turned to go[00:02:32]
Leaving nothing but the memory of hard love[00:02:38]
Now I'm standing in this phone booth with a dollar and a dime[00:02:57]
Wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind[00:03:02]
For the Lord's Cross might redeem us but our own just waste our time[00:03:07]
And to tell the two apart is always hard love[00:03:13]
So I'll tell you that I love you even though I'm far away[00:03:21]
I'll tell you how you've changed me as I live from day to day[00:03:27]
How you've helped me to accept myself and I won't forget to say[00:03:33]
Love is never wasted even when it's hard love[00:03:38]
Well it's hard love but it's love all the same[00:03:46]
Not the stuff of fantasy but more than just a game[00:03:52]
And the only kind of miracle that's worthy of the name[00:03:58]
For the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love[00:04:03]