Do You Know How Hard it Is?

Do You Know How Hard it Is?
09/28/2006
by Tom Flannery copyright 2006
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From the online song cycle HANDS IN THE DARK

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Do you know how hard it is
to reach out my hand
and ask for another
who does not understand
Do you know how hard it is
to stare into Galilee
and see a different person
starting back at me
but that's who I live with every day
I could run and hide but I chose to stay
but I chose to stay

Do you know how hard it is
to watch the sun go down
and know that the darkness
will soon be coming 'round
Do you know how hard it is
to watch my wife as she sleeps
knowing that my love
can only go so deep
and so I hear the ticking of the clock
and so I fear the blindness of the flock
I still fear the blindness of the flock

Dusty shelves and whiskey stains
piles of pills and lumps of cocaine
anything to dull the pain
anything to dull the pain

Do you know how hard it is
when someone puts the blame
on the head of a child
who's family they defame
Do you know how hard it is
when God turns his head
momentarily distracted
as my insides all go dead
so come one come all
help me up when I fall
help me up when I fall

Dusty shelves and whiskey stains
piles of pills and lumps of cocaine
anything to dull the pain
anything to dull the pain

Do you know how hard it is
to reach out my hand
and ask for another
who does not understand
but that's who I live with every day
I could run and hide but I chose to stay
that's who I live with every day