Lyrics

[Verse 1] A phone call in the middle of the night It never came She's been walkin' on pins and needles Waitin' for the phone to ring to put her mind at ease The sun's comin' up and I'm comin' in With another "I'm sorry, won't happen again" I can't understand why she never ran When anybody in their right mind would [Chorus] Yeah, I'm a hard man to love But thank God she does Keep holdin' on, bein' strong When "I'm sorry" just ain't enough Soft as silk, she stands By her barbed-wire man She's never given up I'm a hard man to love [Verse 2] There's a dog house rose that God knows I didn't send soon enough Sittin' in the middle of a crippled kitchen table Barely standin' up from where I kicked it once It ain't purty enough to make up for me Messin' up the only love a man could ever need She shines forgiveness from her patient eyes I don't see what they see in me [Chorus] Yeah, I'm a hard man to love But thank God she does Keep holdin' on, bein' strong When "I'm sorry" just ain't enough Soft as silk, she stands By her barbed-wire man She's never given up I'm a hard man to love [Bridge] But I found someone Tough enough to love a man like me In spite of the tears she's cried And the time she's tried so hard to love [Chorus] This hard man to love But thank God she does Keep holdin' on, bein' strong When "I'm sorry" just ain't enough Soft as silk, she stands By her barbed-wire man She's never given up I'm a hard man to love [Outro] No, she's never given up On this hard man to love