You Have to Hurt

"I'm in love with him", she said

With all the innocence of tender years

But somewhere down the road ahead

I could see the same eyes

Filled with bitter tears

I had the inclination

To tell her not to drop her guard

To tell her that life can be hard

But I didn't have the heart

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You have to hurt - to understand

You have to get by the best you can

Until you hurt - until you cry

You won't know about love

And the reason you're alive

You have to hurt

She said, "I know he'll never leave me

I never felt it deep inside like this before"

It was good to see her, believe me

But I couldn't stand to hear this anymore

All that expectation

Too naive to really see

Maybe she knew better than me

It was better just to let her be

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Little sister, you're so sweet

Thinking love runs smooth

You don't know the half of it

We laugh until we lose

There's no way around it

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