《Hard Love》歌词

[00:00:00] Hard Love - Tony Rice

[00:00:07] Well I remember growing up like it was only yesterday

[00:00:13] Mom and Daddy tried their best to guide me on my way

[00:00:18] But the hard times and the liquor drove the easy love away

[00:00:24] And the only love I knew about was hard love

[00:00:32] Well it was hard love every hour of the day

[00:00:37] When Christmas to my birthday was a million miles away

[00:00:43] And the fear that came between them drove the tears into my play

[00:00:49] There was love in daddy's house but it was hard love

[00:00:57] Well I recall the gentle courtesy you showed me as I tried

[00:01:03] To dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside

[00:01:08] And for every song of laughter there was another song that cried

[00:01:14] This ain't no easy weekend this is hard love

[00:01:23] Well it was hard love every step of the way

[00:01:28] Hard to be so close to you and hard to turn away

[00:01:33] And when all the stars and sentimental songs dissolved the day

[00:01:39] There was nothing left to sing about but hard love

[00:01:57] So I love you for your courage and your gentle sense of shame

[00:02:02] I love you for your laughter and your language and your name

[00:02:08] Though I knew it was impossible but I love you just the same

[00:02:13] Though the only love I gave to you was hard love

[00:02:22] Well it was hard love it was hard on you I know

[00:02:27] When the only love I gave to you was love I couldn't show

[00:02:32] You forgave the heart that loved you as your lover turned to go

[00:02:38] Leaving nothing but the memory of hard love

[00:02:57] Now I'm standing in this phone booth with a dollar and a dime

[00:03:02] Wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind

[00:03:07] For the Lord's Cross might redeem us but our own just waste our time

[00:03:13] And to tell the two apart is always hard love

[00:03:21] So I'll tell you that I love you even though I'm far away

[00:03:27] I'll tell you how you've changed me as I live from day to day

[00:03:33] How you've helped me to accept myself and I won't forget to say

[00:03:38] Love is never wasted even when it's hard love

[00:03:46] Well it's hard love but it's love all the same

[00:03:52] Not the stuff of fantasy but more than just a game

[00:03:58] And the only kind of miracle that's worthy of the name

[00:04:03] For the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love