Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass
You know his faults, now let his foibles pass
Life is one long enigma, my friend

So read on, read on, the answer´s at the end

Don´t be so hard on the ones that you love
It´s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don´t be so hard on the ones that you need
It´s the ones that you need we think so little of

The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech
But what´s often in your heart, is the hardest thing to reach
And life is one long mystery, my friend

So live on, live on, the answer´s at the end

Don´t be so hard on the ones that you love
It´s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don´t be so hard on the ones that you need
It´s the ones that you need we think so little of

Don´t be so hard on the ones that you love
It´s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don´t be so hard on the ones that you need
It´s the ones that you need we think so little of

Oh, we think so little of the ones that we love, sometimes
Isn´t it a pity how we hurt
The ones that we love the most of all
The ones we shouldn´t hurt at all

You know my faults, now let the foibles pass
´Cause life is one long enigma, my friend

So live on, live on, the answer´s at the end

Don´t be so hard on the ones that you love

It´s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don´t be so hard on the ones that you need
It´s the ones that you need we think so little of

Don´t be so hard on the ones that you love
It´s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don´t be so hard on the ones that you need
It´s the ones that you need we think so little of

The ones that we love
We hurt the most of all, sometimes
And isn´t it a pity how
We hurt the ones that we love [fade]