Jimmy LaFave - Burden to Bear lyrics

There's a reason to be happy, baby There's a reason to be sad Oh there's a reason to throw it away I find it so hard to relate these days To anything or anyone at all Everything that matters Everything that ever will On a distant shoreline way across the western hills I can't seem to get there, you know it seems my life's been put on hold The time keeps slipping away CHORUS: They say you can fool yourself but not very long I think I've been fooling myself my whole life long Taken everything that mattered I watched it leave without a care Don't you know, don't you know that's the hardest burden to bear Look in the mirror I see the lines on my face Look in my eyes I can feel all the pain Of everything I've been ashamed of in the past There's enough regret there to last And I can't deny what I understand If you live your life like a one night stand You wind up alone and lost and afraid with nothing to say I guess it doesn't matter anyway CHORUS They say you can fool yourself but not very long I think I've been fooling myself my whole life long Taken everything that mattered I watched it leave without a care Don't you know, don't you know, that's the hardest burden to bear The hardest burden to bear The hardest burden to bear