Lyrics

Love is Hard Work


puppy love is easy, ain't nothin' but a rush or two
while the deeper stuff is tricky, it can get rough, and it's no place for shallow fools

love is hard work, it's a full time employment
love is hard work, got to earn your enjoyment
you'll sweat and you'll strain from the open to the closing bell
but don't sell
true love is hard work--ah, but it pays so well

one lover's quarrel and some weak-kneed cowards take flight
they chump out at the low ebb, but they'll never hit those dizzying heights

love is hard work, once you've finished falling
love is hard work, it takes a true calling
but the day's gonna come when you wouldn't back out if you could
no you never would
true love is hard work--but the perks are so good

there's times when you wanna turn
but she makes you go straight
and there's times when you both want to burn it but you learn it's a time
through which you must wait

then suddenly there's a tiny little face in a cradle looking at you with such consternation
and it's a whole new ballgame, a whole new joy, a whole level of complication

love is hard work
love is hard work
but you'll find the blessings are more than you've ever dreamed of
had no scheme of
true love is hard work
but that's the work-- that I love

oh every day
that's the work that I love.