Hard to Get-Rick James

[00:01.12]Phil Stacey - Hard To Get [00:05.89] [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 [00:38.11] [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 [01:05.62] [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 [01:18.53] [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 [01:39.92] [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 [02:06.89] [02:08.38]Will those who mourn be left uncomforted [02:14.80]While You're up there just playing hard to get [02:20.56] [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 [02:47.16] [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 [03:13.77] [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 [03:33.16] [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 [03:59.55] [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 [04:19.15]