After The Love Goes

Been a year since I last saw Mary,

When she said goodbye

She cast a spell on my intentions

Oh that's the reason why,

Taking my thoughts from my bottle lately

Breaking them up in my mind,

All of my thoughts they don't look pretty,

Oh, to my surprise

It's so hard (hard)

To take what you're given

And it's so hard (hard)

To give what you got

After the love goes,

Here I go,

There's no easy road

Well the bright lights of Memphis

Sounds like a real good time

But I lost my heart and the money

Flowed oh like cherry wine,

So I don't remember the church bells ringing,

Through the day or night,

But I kept my soul on my own

Not without a fight

It's so hard (hard)

To take what you're given,

And it's so hard (hard)

To give what you got

After the love goes,

Here I go

There's no easy road

After the love goes,

Here I go

There's no easy road

Been a while since I last saw Mary,

Wipe a tearful eye,

Well I remember I first heard Mary

Say her last goodbye,

Breaking it up from my bottle lately,

Making it up in my mind,

All of my problems, they don't look pretty,

Ooh that's the bottom line:

It's so hard (hard)

To take what you're given,

And it's so hard (hard)

To give what you got

After the love goes,

Here I go,

There's no easy road

After the love goes,

There's no easy road, Mama

There's no easy

Cause we can go

It's when I say

After the love goes,

Here I go,

There's no easy road

Now there's no easy, easy road