“I’m in love with him”, she said   With all the innocence of tender years   But somewhere down the road ahead   I could see the same eyes   Filled with bitter tears   I had the inclination   To tell her not to drop her guard   To tell her that life can be hard   But I didn’t have the heart      You have to hurt - to understand   You have to get by the best you can   Until you hurt - until you cry   You won't know about love   And the reason you’re alive   You have to hurt      She said, “I know he’ll never leave me   I never felt it deep inside like this before”   It was good to see her, believe me   But I couldn’t stand to hear this anymore      All that expectation   Too naive to really see   Maybe she knew better than me   It was better just to let her be      You have to hurt - to understand   You have to get by the best you can   Until you hurt - until you cry   You won't know about love   And the reason you’re alive   You have to hurt      Little sister, you’re so sweet   Thinking love runs smooth   You don’t know the half of it   We laugh until we lose   There’s no way around it      (Chorus)