THERE'S NO EASY WAY
James Ingram
(Barry Mann)

Well I held her close to me
I know she breaks so easily
And then I told her
Though I knew no matter how I try to console her
She would do the best she could
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 leave behind
And 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 we knew it was just a line
I had to do it
I'd 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
And then it falls apart
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart

I wanted her to hurt me
And make me feel like a guilty child
Well I realized that never was her style
I wanted her hurt me
Not treat me like a friend
Well I wanted her to say there'd be someday
I'd come crawling on my knees and ask her back again
But she acted like a lady till the end
Oh, what a lady

Well I thought that she'd break down
But she smiled at me and never made a sound
And I guess she understood of the way
'Cause her silence told me everything she could not say
And when it falls apart
Well there's just no easy way
And there's just no easy way
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart