Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass   You know his faults, now let the foibles pass   Life is one long enigma, my friend   So read on, read on, the answer's at the end      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love   It's the ones that you love we think so little of   Don't be so hard on the ones that you need   It's the ones that you need we think so little of      The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech   But what's often in your heart, is the hardest thing to reach   And life is one long mystery, my friend   So live on, live on, the answer's at the end      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love   It's the ones that you love we think so little of   Don't be so hard on the ones that you need   It's the ones that you need we think so little of      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love   It's the ones that you love we think so little of   Don't be so hard on the ones that you need   It's the ones that you need we think so little of      Oh, we think so little of the ones that we love, sometimes   Isn't it a pity how we hurt   The ones that we love the most of all   The ones we shouldn't hurt at all      You know my faults, now let the foibles pass   'cause life is one long enigma, my friend   Live on, live on, the answer's at the end      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love   It's the ones that you love we think so little of   Don't be so hard on the ones that you need   It's the ones that you need we think so little of      Don't be so hard on the ones that you love   It's the ones that you love we think so little of   Don't be so hard on the ones that you need   It's the ones that you need we think so little of      The ones that we love   We hurt the most of all, sometimes   And isn't it a pity how   We hurt the ones that we love (fade)