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Hard Lesson To Learn

Rod Stewart

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Hard Lesson To Learn

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I drifted into the notionthat you were looking for meI told myself that devotionwould flow from your heart to meWhen I looked into your eyesstill no reflection did I seeof love light glowing within therethat I hoped there would beAnd it's a hard lesson to learn my frienda hard lesson to learnsometimes you gonna get what you want'times you gonna get burnedI took a chance on emotionwashing my heart out to seea single wave on the oceanyou feel so distant from meAnd there's a shadow dark upon your smilea sadness living in your eyesstorm clouds rolling in an outofdaughtguess I been living aliveAnd it's a hard lesson to learn my friendhard lesson to learnsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedAnd it's a hard lesson to learn my friendshard lesson to learnsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedI drifted into the notionthat you were looking for meI told myself that devotionwould flow from your heart to meBut when I looked into your beautiful eyesstill no reflection did I seeof love light glowing within therethat I kind o' hoped there would beAnd it's a hard lesson to learn my friendshard lesson to learnsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burnedyeah, yeah,yeahyeah, yeah ohsometimes you gonna get what you wantsometimes you gonna get burned
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