The Hardway (Live)
Dialog: There comes a point in all of our lives When we gotta learn the hardway Song Beginning: Now I've been high and I've been low I've been some places that you will not go I never thought there would come the day When I wished I never would've lived this way But I've been searching for a long, long time I thought the devil was a friend of mine I turned my back on everything that was true I wasted years that belonged to you Chorus Some people gotta learn the hardway I guess I'm the kinda guy Who has to find out for myself I had to learn the hardway I'm on my knees and I'm crying (Tick, tock, it don't stop) (Tick, tock, it don't quit) (2x) It took so long for me to see That I'm a victim of the nature in me Left to myself I realize I am the maker of my own demise But you accept me every time and again You never mention just how selfish I've been Why must it always take me so long to see That I have fallen but you will forgive me (Chorus) (Tick, tock, it don't stop) (Tick, tock, it don't quit) (3x) I need your help (tick, tock, it don't stop) (Chorus) The warning signs are like flares in the night Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire I know that's bound to burn Why is it that I always gotta learn the hardway I gotta to learn the hardway (3x) Forgive me, Father Please, forgive me, forgive me Yeah, forgive me Oh, won't You forgive me, God (3x)