its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I got a hard head, I get that from my dad
And I can overreact maybe just a tad
I put up walls to show the world I'm tough
When I don't get my way I get difficult
But when it comes to lovin' me
Baby you make it look so easy
You're my refuge from the road, a safe place to go
When I'm out here livin' on this ledge
And when I'm circlin' the drain, you keep my crazy sane
And quiet all the voices in my head
I'm probably wrong, more than I say
And I'd point that out, if you were that way
Yeah, I'm hard to love and ever harder to live with
And I know there's days, when you just want to up and quit
But when it comes to lovin' me
Baby you make it look so easy
You're my compass when I'm lost, my anchor when I get tossed
And the right way when all I can do is wrong
Sometimes I drink till I fall down but your arms save me from the ground
And hold me till all the hurt is gone
I got a hard head, I was born that way
And that makes me wrong more than I say
But I thank God you got a hard head too
I guess he must have known you'd need that to get us through
Cause when it comes to lovin' me
Baby you make it look so easy
Yeah, baby you, make it look so easy
And I can overreact maybe just a tad
I put up walls to show the world I'm tough
When I don't get my way I get difficult
But when it comes to lovin' me
Baby you make it look so easy
You're my refuge from the road, a safe place to go
When I'm out here livin' on this ledge
And when I'm circlin' the drain, you keep my crazy sane
And quiet all the voices in my head
I'm probably wrong, more than I say
And I'd point that out, if you were that way
Yeah, I'm hard to love and ever harder to live with
And I know there's days, when you just want to up and quit
But when it comes to lovin' me
Baby you make it look so easy
You're my compass when I'm lost, my anchor when I get tossed
And the right way when all I can do is wrong
Sometimes I drink till I fall down but your arms save me from the ground
And hold me till all the hurt is gone
I got a hard head, I was born that way
And that makes me wrong more than I say
But I thank God you got a hard head too
I guess he must have known you'd need that to get us through
Cause when it comes to lovin' me
Baby you make it look so easy
Yeah, baby you, make it look so easy
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