I learned the hard way 'Cause she loves to lay She loves to lay, I'm all to blame She loves to lay Know I learned the hard way She loves to lay, it's all a game It has begun again, my friend But she told me that to love her is so crazy In this room, we

No house on a hill full of life's finer things And I'll tell you right now there's a whole lot that I just can't do So girl, I can't buy you a big diamond ring Oh, but baby, don't think I can't love you I learned the hard way real early in life That

No house on a hill full of life's finer things And I'll tell you right now there's a whole lot that I just can't do So girl, I can't buy you a big diamond ring Oh, but baby, don't think I can't love you I learned the hard way real early in life That

I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done, then haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong Learn the hard way (Hello, mirror, so glad to see you, my friend, it's been a while) Staring at the empty page before me All the years of wreckage

This ain't no sham. I am what I am. We will run and scream. You will dance with me. And we'll be free And they'll heal our scars. Sadness will be far away. Your eyes, they tie me down so hard. I'll never learn to put up a guard.

I breathe you in Now that I breathe in I feel a fire burning underneath my skin I feel a freedom from this hopelessness within Why do I got to learn the hard way Why do I got to burn my bridges down Now that I feel so numb Can’t I just be me for fuck’s

No house on a hill full of life's finer things And I'll tell you right now there's a whole lot that I just can't do So girl, I can't buy you a big diamond ring Oh, but baby, don't think I can't love you I learned the hard way real early in life That

Some lessons we learn the hard way Well why do the hands of time So easily unwind Some lessons don't come easy That's the price we have to pay They don't come right off and right easy That's why they say some lessons learned we learn the hard way Well

No house on a hill full of life's finer things And I'll tell you right now there's a whole lot that I just can't do So girl, I can't buy you a big diamond ring Oh, but baby, don't think I can't love you I learned the hard way real early in life That

It's hard to learn How tears can burn one's heart But that's a thing that I found out Too late I guess, Cause I'm in a mess My faith has gone Why lead me on this way? I thought there'd be no price on love But I had to pay. If I could perform one miracle