HAPPINESS
Viktor Krauss

With your love I was complete
Like a haven safe from harm
Till the bitter stole the sweet.
I was perfect in your arms.
A precious while
I had your smile
Till it all fell apart
With one change of heart.

The pain and regret will fade
But a fact of love will still remain:
You can't always trust happiness.
Love like a sweet parade
Till the saddest part when the music fades.
You can't always trust happiness.

If a single star I see
Ever made a wish come true,
It would bring you back to me,
But the best my heart can do
Is to love again.
I don't know when,
Still it's worth all I fear,
The heartaches and the tears.

Love like a lesson learned
When we pass the point of no return.
You can't always trust happiness.
There in love's steady glow
Hides the power to hurt us so.
You can't always trust happiness.

[Recorded by Alison Krauss on "So Long So Wrong" (1997).]