It's hard to be tender 
It's hard to stay open 
When you're dizzy with anger 
And your dreams have been broken 

Lying with you 'neath the sky 
The country is so green in the light 
Loving you's the key to my survival 

Now, you have gone away 
The skies turned grey 
The rivers froze 
I remember how you held me close 
And I shiver 

It's hard to be tender 
It's hard to stay open 
When the woods are on fire 
And the river is frozen 

Swore on my knees as a child 
Never to forsake God above 
Never to betray the ones who love me 

Now, years have come and gone 
I find the strength to carry on 
But the blood that ran so fast and warm 
Has grown colder 
Now, my heart has turned to ice 
Is it just the price of growing older? 

It's hard to be tender 
But I'm tired of defending 
I know that I love you 
So I'll write my own ending