Been a year since i last saw mary,
When she said goodbye
She cast a spell on my intentions
Oh that's the reason why,
Taking my thoughts from my bottle lately
Breaking them up in my mind,
All of my thoughts they don't look pretty,
Oh, to my surprise

It's so hard (hard)
To take what you're given
And it's so hard (hard)
To give what you got

After the love goes,
Here i go,
There's no easy road

Well the bright lights of memphis
Sounds like a real good time
But i lost my heart and the money
Flowed oh like cherry wine,
So i don't remember the church bells ringing,
Through the day or night,
But i kept my soul on my own
Not without a fight

It's so hard (hard)
To take what you're given,
And it's so hard (hard)
To give what you got

After the love goes,
Here i go
There's no easy road
After the love goes,
Here i go
There's no easy road

Been a while since i last saw mary,
Wipe a tearful eye,
Well i remember i first heard mary
Say her last goodbye,
Breaking it up from my bottle lately,
Making it up in my mind,
All of my problems, they don't look pretty,
Ooh that's the bottom line:

It's so hard (hard)
To take what you're given,
And it's so hard (hard)
To give what you got

After the love goes,
Here i go,
There's no easy road

After the love goes,
There's no easy road, mama
There's no easy
Cause we can go
It's when i say
After the love goes,
Here i go,
There's no easy road
Now there's no easy, easy road