You Have To Hurt lyrics

"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

You have to hurt to understand

You have to get by the best you can

Until you hurt and until you cry

You won't know about love

And the reason why

You have to hurt

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

'Cause 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 naïve to really see

Maybe she knew better than me

It was better just to let her be

You have to hurt to understand

You have to get by the best you can

Until you hurt and until you cry

You won't know about love

Or the reason why

You have to hurt

Little sister, you're so sweet

Thinking love runs smooth

You don't know the half of it

We laugh and then we lose

There's no way around it

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

(You won't know about love)

And the reason why

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

(You won't know about love)

And the reason why

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

(You won't know about love)

Or the reason why

You have to hurt

To understand

You have to get by the best you can

Until you hurt, until you cry...

• Artist:Carly Simon
• Album:Coming Around Again