Wonderful Struggle - The Hold Steady

I was trying to tell a story, I was trying to save my life

I only said the good girls don’t always do what’s right

I was offering an example, trying to prove a greater point

About how your sons and daughters never meant to disappoint you

I’m sorry

For making all of this trouble

Holly, I’m sorry

Young love is such a wonderful struggle

I was trying to be so righteous, I was just trying to get thanks

We got baptized in the river, we got blissed out on the banks

I was stranded on East Hennepin, trying to get back south

Didn’t want to hurt nobody, I just wanted to get out

I’m sorry

For making all this trouble

Holly, I’m sorry

Young love is such a wonderful struggle

It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, the struggling

The struggling, the struggling, the struggling, it’s wonderful

I’d rather bleed to death than live inside some bubble

Young love is such a wonderful struggle

Gonna try to make it work

I didn’t mean to hurt you

Holly, I’m sorry

For all the things that I put you through

Holly, I’m sorry

For all the places I took you to

It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful, the struggling

The struggling, the struggling, the struggling, it’s wonderful

Young love is such a wonderful struggle

The struggling, the struggling, the struggling, it’s wonderful

It’s magical, it’s mystical, it’s musical, it’s beautiful

I’d rather bleed to death than live in some bubble

Young love is such a wonderful struggle

Gonna try to make it work

I didn’t mean to hurt you