You Have To Hurt

“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)