There's No Easy Way 

by James Ingram

I held her close to me 'Cause I know she breaks so easily, and then I told her.  but I knew no matter how I try to console her,  She'd just do the best she could.  but there are times the best is no damn good.  and no matter how I try to be kind, there's always still a part of you you leave behind when it falls apart.

There's no easy way to break somebody's heart.

I lied and told her she'd be fine, though we both knew it was just a line.  I had to do it 'cause I'd have said anything to help me get through it.  

then she reached out for my hand and her simple touch was more than I could stand.  and I had to turn away 'cause I knew all the hurt that she was feeling, I was feeling too when it falls apart. 

There's no easy way to break somebody's heart. 

She could have 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 friend.  I wanted her to say there'd someday I'd come crawling on my knees and ask her back again, but she acted like a lady 'til 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, 'cause her silence told me everything she could not say.  and when it falls apart, there's just no easy way, there's no easy way to break somebody's heart. 

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