Lyrics

[Verse 1] Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass You know his faults, now let his foibles pass Life is one long enigma, my friend So read on, read on, the answer's at the end [Chorus] Don't be so hard on the ones that you love It's the ones that you love we think so little of Don't be so hard on the ones that you need It's the ones that you need we think so little of [Verse 2] The speech of flowers it excels the flowers of speech But what's often in your heart is the hardest thing to reach And life is one long mystery, my friend So live on, live on, the answer's at the end [Chorus] Don't be so hard on the ones that you love It's the ones that you love we think so little of Don't be so hard on the ones that you need It's the ones that you need we think so little of Don't be so hard on the ones that you love It's the ones that you love we think so little of [Bridge] Oh, we think so little of the ones that we love, sometimes Isn't it a pity how we hurt the ones that we love the most of all The ones we shouldn't hurt at all [Verse 3] You know my faults, now let the foibles pass 'Cause life is one long enigma, my friend Live on, live on, the answer's at the end [Chorus] Don't be so hard on the ones that you love It's the ones that you love we think so little of Don't be so hard on the ones that you need It's the ones that you need we think so little of Don't be so hard on the ones that you love It's the ones that you love we think so little of Don't be so hard on the ones that you need It's the ones that you need we think so little of [Outro] The ones that we love we hurt the most of all, sometimes And, isn't it a pity how we hurt the ones that we love