Well, I guess you' have to learn it all the hard way

'Cause you never get it right first time around

Get a little recognition, head for Broadway

You're spendin' all your love on a paper crown



Take it, save it

'Fore you lose it

Take it, save it

'Fore it dies

Take it, save it

'Fore you lose it

Take it, save it

'Fore it dies



And you hide behind your casual conversation

Thinking that it hides the way you feel

But you used to have a burning love within you

Now you're not so sure that it was real



Love is the first thing you lose

When you leave it to just how you feel

Love is the last thing you find

When you're tellin' your love goodbye



When you find the things you do don't make you happy

'Cause you're always fallin' short of what you planned

Well, the loving hand of God is there to guide you

If you'll only take the time to take his hand