Hard To Leave - Mavis Staples

Out pour tears

«Miss you dear"s

Late night calls of longing

Pressing play

On Marvin Gaye

Trying to right the wrongings

Softly reaching over for your touch upon my sleeve

It’s always hard, so hard to leave

Just got in

How’ve you been?

You haven’t aged a day

Look at us now

Remember when

We’ve come a long, long way

We tell ourselves stories only we can believe

It’s always hard, so hard to leave

I blame myself to avoid taking the blame

But if I didn’t go

I may never know

And that would be such a shame

Grab a hold of the days

Before the days grab a hold of you

Give it an extra extra minute

Or maybe a few

I’m passing through time like a warm summer breeze

It’s always hard, so hard to leave

It’s always hard, so hard to leave