Some Lessons - Melody Gardot

Well, I’m buckled up inside

Miracle that I’m alive

Do not think I can survive

On bread and wine alone

To think that I could have fallen

A centimeter to the left

Would not be here to see the sunset

Or have myself a time

Well, why do the hands of time

So easily unwind?

Some lessons we learn the hard way

Some lessons don’t come easy

And that’s the price we have to pay

Well, some lessons we learn the hard way

They don’t come right off and right easy

And that’s why they say some lessons learned

We learn the hard way

Remember the sound of the pavement

World turned upside down

City streets unlined and empty

Not a soul around

Life goes away in a flash

Right before your eyes

If I think real hard, well, I reckon

I had some real good times

Why do the hands of time

So easily unwind?

Some lessons we learn the hard way

Some lessons don’t come easy

And that’s the price we have to pay

Well, some lessons we learn the hard way

They don’t come right off and right easy

And that’s why they say some lessons learned

We learn the hard way