Hard Love

First off, Hard Love is a book that I read.
I was randomly looking through books at the Salvation Army, and what do you know? I find a book that's one of those books that's a page turner, the kind you read until your eyes can't take it anymore. Mhm, this book had my attention. The reason I wanted to write about this book was at the end, there were lyrics to a song, Hard Love. I'm not sure what the reason is but I really like these lyrics (:
So here they are.

Hard Love.
Lyrics by, Bob Franke.


I remember growing up like it was only yesterday,
Mama and Daddy tried their best to guide me on my way.
But the hard times and the liquor drove the easy love away,
And the only love I knew about was hard love.

It was hard love, every hour of the day.
When Christmas to my birthday was a million years away,
And the fear that came between them drove the tears
into my play,
There was love in Daddy's house, but it was hard love.

And I recall the gentle courtesy you gave me as I tried
To dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside.
And for every song of laughter was another song that cried,
This ain't no easy week-end, this is hard love.

It was hard love, every step of the way,
Hard to be so close to you, so hard to turn away,
And when all the stars and sentimental songs dissolved today,
There was nothing left to sing about but hard love.

So I loved you for your courage and your gentle
sense of shame,
And I loved you for you laughter and your language
and your name,
And I knew it was impossible, but I loved you just the same,
Though the only love I gave to you was hard love.

It was hard love, it was hard on you I know,
When the only love I gave to you was love I couln't show.
You forgave the heart that loved you as your lover
turned to go,
Leaving nothing but the memory if hard love.


So I'm standing in the phone booth with a dollar and a dime,
Wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind,
For the Lord's cross might redeem us, but our own just
wastes our time,
And to tell the two apart is always hard, love.

So I'll tell you that I love you even though I'm far away,
And I'll tell you how you change me as I live from day to day,
How you help me to accept myself and I won't forget to say,
Love is never wasted, even when it's hard love.

Yes it's hard love, but it's love all the same,
Not the stuff of fantasy but more than just a game,
And the only kind of miracle that's worthy of the name,
For the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love.


So that's it. I'm not sure why I feel close to these lyrics.
I mean I have a few guesses, but I'll have to think into it more.
I'm sure I'll write about how I feel connected to this in another
blog thing.

Maybe some of you can relate to these lyrics, and smile about it like me.
What I like to remember is that love is never wasted, even when it's
hard love. (: