let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears while we all sup sorrow with the poor there's a song that will linger forever in our ears oh, hard times come again no more
'tis a songa??????짝 a sigh of the weary hard timesa??????짝 hard times come again no more many days you have lingered around my cabin door oha??????짝 hard times come again no more
while we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay there are frail ones fainting at the door though their voices are silent their pleading looks will say oh, hard times come again no more
'tis a songa??????짝 a sigh of the weary
hard times... hard times come again no more many days you have lingered around my cabin door oh, hard times come again no more
'tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave 'tis a wail that is heard upon the shore 'tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave oh, hard times come again no more
'tis a songa??????짝a sigh of the weary hard timesa??????짝 hard times come again no more many days you have lingered around my cabin door oh, hard times come again no more oh, hard times come again no more
was it really years ago did you need me well, I'll never know I'm sorry for clinging I'm sorry for wanting more my heart was there for you pounding down your door
maybe it was timing maybe I was too much running behind you pushing my love well, you weren't ready and you said you thought I knew but I was taken with your beauty I was lost inside of you
winter made a sound maybe next time if you need me I'll be around... I'll be around... I'll be around I'll be around
I never meant to swallow you you never were my savior maybe just my lover maybe nothing more
now one more winter has passed so silently and I'm tired of longing that you'll come back to me
winter made a sound maybe next time if you need me... yeah' you'll need me and winter made a sound I know' if you need me I'll be around' I'll be around' I'll around I'll be around
now one more winter I know' now one more winter I know... hey' yeah... hey... yeah...
the ghost of you has almost faded now you're drifting in and out of my life when leaves fall you'll come right back ' cause I was yours for a little while
you will always be a ghost who lives and breathes and you lay me down in reverie every tear that falls remember me
and I thought I heard your haunting sigh like your love for me, you said it will never die but I've grown accustomed to your long good-bye I wish you were mine Hey... you were mine
you will always be a love who failed to see it was cold inside your mystery every year that falls remember me
and I can't let you go I can't let you go no
you will always be a ghost who lives and breathes and you broke my heart but I'll make you see every tear that falls remember me
hey...... hey...... hey....... yeah.... every tear that falls remember me...
I've got love on my mind, but death on these hands come homeward angel, show me the way or will fate leave me dead in the tracks where I lay show me the river that leads to my home back to the one that I love show me the wind that constantly blows and I will fly away, fly away home since we were parted I know I have changed you'll see the blood that was shed in the lines on my face but now that I've turned my back on the fight I'm gonna steal back my life like a thief in the night I come to you through fire and snow over high rolling hills and the valleys below with all that I've suffered I'm still on this road and if I hold you again will never let go.
they would say you were destined for greatness and I could see it in all the faces how they loved you, they adored you but you would sing with a pain they never knew
all the madness was never familiar and their affection was much too peculiar to sustain you, to protect you to ever save you from the pain they never knew
all the stars that fill the sky they burn out before our eyes
all the sadness you carried inside you never showed it, it was easy to hide you'd tell your stories in all their sorrow you'd take the stage like there was no tomorrow
I hold in my heart this pain that I feel a man I call father, well, he's almost real... he's almost real... and I'm of his flesh and bone so similar and estranged and I was just a child when you went away when you went away
away... away... away...
father, you know... and yet, I still hold you well, it's up and to this day father answer my questions 'cause I still need you... I still need you I am one of two and I still need you I am one of two am I... am I... like you...?
through love's labor, her labor sons and daughters were blessed and given favor
she smiled and we were safe she cried the cords gave way we grew into life we left our homes too soon too soon... too soon.. too soon..
my mother's face her state of grace I hope I have your strength and all your gentle ways
she smiled and we were safe she cried the cords gave way we grew into life we left our homes too soon... too soon... too soon.. too soon
as the years, they come and go she will find her soul in quiet life. she will hear those voices sound so sweet and clear so sweet and clear' so sweet and clear so sweet and clear' so sweet and clear
it's too soon too soon' too soon... it's too soon... ... yeah... hey...yeah...yeah... yeah
the sun had gone down o'er the hills in the west its last beam had faded o'er the mountain crest amandy was there.. friendless and forlorn with her face bathed in blood and her garments all torn
oh, amandy oh, amandy
the campfires were kindled each warrior was there and amandy was bound her white bosom bare it was vengeance that she counted in the eyes of her foe and sighed for the time when her suffering might close
young alban their leader suddenly appeared with an eye like an eagle and a step like a deer he said, "brothers, if your victim be burned by a tree young alban the leader your victim shall be'
oh, amandy oh, amandy
the next morning was a vision of red, white and blue gliding o'er the waters in a light, bark canoe like a wild dove sails over the tide young alban and amandy together did ride young alban and amandy together did ride
oh, ride on oh, amandy oh, amandy yeah... oh, amandy
may your soul be blessed may your body rest on the mountain where you were born may your spirit soar where there's joy ever more may you find your way in peace
and there's no more harm in your savior's arms see you fly away in the sky did you hear the call of angels one and all may you find your way peace
may you know you're loved may you shine above on the mountain where you were born may your spirit soar there's no pain anymore may you find your way in peace
and there's no more harm in your savior's arms see you fly away in the sky did you hear the call of angels one and all
may you find your way in peace may you find your way in peace may you find your way in peace
I hope he never hurts you like I know I hurt you but I was undecided and it was all that I could do but if he says he loves you like I know I loved you then there's a way to trust him, and I'll get over you
so let his heart surround you, and let his arms protect you and hold you every morning the way that I could never do another life has blessed you, he wants the same as you do so I must find the courage to send you on your way
all the nights reflecting in our chance connecting help me find the meaning in the life I had with you I wish I'd heard when you said that your heart could not wait but it was my decision to send you on your way....
I hope he loves you like I loved you, I hope he knows you like I do 'cause if he loves you like I love you, then I can send you on your way...
