You Have to Hurt – Carly Simon
(Frank Musker, Dominic King)
“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
[Chorus:]
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
And the reason you’re alive
You have to hurt
She said, “I know he’ll never leave me
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 naive to really see
Maybe she knew better than me
It was better just to let her be
[Chorus]
Little sister, you’re so sweet
Thinking love runs smooth
You don’t know the half of it
We laugh until we lose
There’s no way around it
[Chorus]
