There's No Easy Way - James Ingram

I held her close to me

Coz I know she breaks so easily

And then I told her

Though I knew no matter how I tried to console her

Then she’d do the best she could

But there are times the best is no damn good

And no matter how you try to be kind

There’s always still a part of you you’ll leave behind

When they fall apart

There’s no easy way to break somebody’s heart

I lied and told her she’ll be fine

Though we both knew it was just a lie

I had to do it

Coz I had said anything to help me get through it

And she reached out for my hand

And her simple touch was more than I could stand

And I had to turn away coz I knew

All the hurt that she was feeling, I was feeling too

When they fall apart

There’s no easy way to break somebody’s heart

She could’ve gotten angry

And made me feel like a guilty child

But I realized that never was her style

I wanted her to hurt me

And not treat me like a friend

I wanted her to say «there'd be someday

I’d come crawling on my knees to ask her back again»

But she acted like a lady till the end

Oh, what a lady!

I thought that she’d break down

But she smiled at me and never made a sound

And I guess she understood in her way

Coz her silence told me everything she could not say

When they fall apart

There is just no easy way

There’s just no easy way

There’s no easy way to break somebody’s heart…