Hard to Get - Rick James

[00:01.12]Phil Stacey - Hard To Get
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[00:19.80]You who live in Heaven
[00:22.98]Hear the prayers of those of us who live on Earth
[00:28.79]Who are afraid of being left by those we love
[00:34.15]And who get hardened by the hurt
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[00:39.33]Do you remember when You lived down here
[00:43.94]where we all scrape
[00:45.89]To find the faith to ask for daily bread
[00:52.28]Did You forget about us after You had flown away
[00:58.99]Well, I memorized every word You said
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[01:05.98]Still I'm so scared, I'm holding my breath
[01:12.33]While You're up there just playing hard to get
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[01:22.21]Do You who live in radiance
[01:25.19]Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
[01:31.18]We have a love that's not as patient as Yours was
[01:36.61]Still we do love now and then
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[01:41.47]Did You ever know loneliness
[01:45.17]Did You ever know need
[01:48.10]Do You remember just how long a night can get
[01:54.72]When You are barely holding on
[01:58.31]And Your friends fall asleep
[02:01.49]Don't see the blood that's running in Your sweat
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[02:08.38]Will those who mourn be left uncomforted
[02:14.80]While You're up there just playing hard to get
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[02:22.66]And I know You bore our sorrows
[02:29.09]And I know You feel our pain
[02:36.23]And I know that it would not hurt any less
[02:41.67]Even if it could be explained
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[02:48.98]And I know that I am only lashing out
[02:55.43]At the One who loves me most
[03:00.81]And after I have figured this somehow
[03:08.23]All I really need to know
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[03:14.12]Is if You who live in eternity
[03:16.85]Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time
[03:23.03]We cannot see what's ahead
[03:25.81]And we cannot get free from what we've left behind
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[03:33.54]I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ear
[03:40.11]All these words of shame and doubt, blame and regret
[03:46.65]I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here
[03:53.04]To where I'm lost enough to let myself be led
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[04:03.38]And so You've been here all along, I guess
[04:09.02]It's just Your ways and You are just plain hard to get
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