Lyr Add: The Hard Way (Pat Donohue)

27 May 04 - 03:18 PM (#1195302)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE HARD WAY (Pat Donohue)
From: Jim Dixon

Here's a lovely sad love song by the guy who wrote the hilarious parodies:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY THE GUITAR,
SUSHI-YUCKY,
and MR. SOUNDMAN.

THE HARD WAY
Pat Donohue

I didn't know that there was no free lunch.
I had to learn that the hard way.
I didn't know you couldn't trust a hunch.
I had to learn that the hard way.
I had to learn to take a fall.
Only human after all,
I always spent more than I earned;
And ev'rything I ever learned,
I learned the hard way.

I didn't know we had to give to receive.
I had to learn that the hard way.
I didn't think that you would really leave.
I had to learn that the hard way.
I had to feel it for myself,
How you need somebody else,
How it hurts to be untrue.
Just how much I needed you,
I learned the hard way.

I didn't know my youth could ever end.
I had to learn that the hard way.
How some things can break and never mend,
I had to learn that the hard way.
I thought I sang an endless song;
Woke up one day and it was gone,
Leaving nothing but debris.
And ev'rything I can believe,
I learned the hard way.

I never figured nothing out
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Till it hit me from below.
Ev'rything I really know,
I've learned the hard way,
The hard way.

[Sung by Pat Donohue on his album "Life Stories," which can be ordered through his his website.

[I transcribed this from an archived radio program that is unfortunately no longer available. It's "The Morning Show" from Minnesota Public Radio. You can always hear the most recent show by clicking here, but they only store one program at a time. The show is always a joy to listen to; their taste is very eclectic.]

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