I've been looking around at familiar faces Trying to see all the funny side Every night I've been going to places But all I really wanna do is hide She left me too long to my own devices The grass was greener on the other side If I left here tomorrow who's going to blame me? Pretty soon she's gonna realise It ain't easy to love somebody In the back of your mind you may wonder why It ain't easy to love somebody When they don't seem to care if you live or die I thought I'd done right To make a confession And straight to your face I apologise Now I know, I oughta known better It should have come to me as no surprise It ain't easy to love somebody And you better believe there's a price to pay It ain't easy to love somebody But it's even harder just to walk away It ain't easy to love somebody In the back of your mind you may wonder why It ain't easy to love somebody When they don't seem to care if you live or die It ain't easy to love somebody And you better believe there's a price to pay It ain't easy to love somebody But it's so much harder just to walk away