It's the third hardest thing I'll ever do   leavin' here without you   and the second hardest thing I'll ever do   is tellin her about you   she's been good to me   when things were goin' rough   how can I tell her now, good ain't good enough   oh, the hardest thing I've ever had to do    is holding her, and loving you      if she'd give me one good reason I'd be gone   she ain't done, one thing wrong   so don't expet me to just walk out of the door   I still love her, but I love you more   she's been good to me      when things weren't goin' right    she made my days long before you made my nights   so, the hardest thing I've ever had to do    is holding her, and loving you      yeah, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do   is holing her, and loving you   girl, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do   is holding her, and loving you