Carey's Song "The Hardway."
I don't own the
show/characters/song
Some people gotta learn the hardway,
I guess I'm the kinda guy that has to find out for myself.
I had to learn the hardway, Father,
I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help.
This kind of behavior was something to be excepted from
Crazy Clu, not sensible Carey. Oh no
not at all. I was the oldest son, the
oldest grandchild in fact nothing could be wrong with me. I had to be perfect.
Now I've been high and I've been low,
I've been some places that you will not go.
I never thought there would come the day
when I wished I never would have lived this way.
I wasn't perfect though not even close. A life chalk full of little mistakes soon
creates a life of pain and self-doubt. I was the good kid in class that every teacher adored; just they
couldn't hear my screams for help.
But I've been searching for a long, long time,
I thought the devil was a friend of mine,
I turned my back on everything that was true,
and wasted years that belong to you.
My family will love me no matter I did or what I may do
later. But they seem so happy with the
image of Perfect Carey how can I ruin that for them? I tried to fix my mistakes just to find myself deeper in the hole.
Some people gotta learn the hardway,
I guess I'm the kinda guy that has to find out for myself.
I had to learn the hardway, Father,
I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help.
For a rope to be lowered down to me and a blanket to shield
me from the pain.
It took so long for me to see
that I'm a victim of nature and me.
Left to myself I realize
I am the maker of my own demise.
Only I could help myself, only I could change my ways. But how do you stop living a certain way
after doing it for 20 years? I would
love to know the secret.
But you accept me every time and again,
and never mention just how selfish I've been.
Why must it always take me so long to see
that I have fallen but you will forgive me?
Into their loving arms I will always find a home. Those years of feeling alone just because I
was scared my inner self-doubt would destroy them, but in the end nearly had destroyed
me. I am a brand new man those.
The warning signs are like flares in the night
still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire
I know that is bound to burn,
why is it that I always gotta learn the hardway?
If I stumble down my path of life again, I'll let the whole
world know. Demand that someone become
a biller for me to rest my weight on. Because that path is too painful to face again, plus I'm living life to
the fullest now.
The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway.
The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway.
I everyday I learn the reason of why; I can truly understand the meaning of love now.