It's so hard to tendnThe heart of this mannAnd not before the day's gonenI'm sure I'll hold him againnI think I'm losing the gripnOr I could let it slipnI guess until the day's gonenI seem to work on that driftnBut I can't, don't you seenI just can'tnnYou want me to speaknAnd so my dumbness gets me weaknIt hurts when the day's gonenThat I'm tired of your needsnAnd I couldn't, I just couldn'tnnIt's so hard to givenI should make you livenBut after the day's gonenYou want me to forgivenIt's so hard to losenThe dream came so closenAnd now when the day's gonenEveryone knows I can'tnI just can'tnnAnd I couldn'tnI just couldn't