When The Pain Goes Away

[Verse 1]

When I was young and skinned my knee

My grandpa would come after me

To dry my tears and give me light

To try to ease the pain

When my first boyfriend broke my heart

Granpa held me in his arms

And said the words I still hear til this day

[Chorus]

It's always worse the more you think about it

And its gonna hurt no matter what I say

We can't know the joy of love without the suffering

Cause heartaches just the price we always pay

And then it stops hurting when the pain goes away

[Verse 2]

It's later in my private life, I became a happy wife

And loved each day, each minute

And he made all my dreams come true

In seven years it all went wrong

Couldn't seem to get along

I knew grandpa could tell me what to do

[Chorus]

It's always worse the more you think about it

And its gonna hurt no matter what I say

We can't know the joy of love without the suffering

Cause heartaches just the price we always pay

And it will stop hurting when the pain goes away

[Bridge]

All the years he had me as a wife

Every time I ran to him, his arms would open wide

The day grandpa turned 93, is the day my momma called me

I remember she said hurry, he wants you by his side

I held his hand beside the bed and gently kissed him on the head

And one more time he said these words to me

[Outro]

It's always worse the more you think about it

And its gonna hurt no matter what I say

We can't know the joy of love without the suffering

But I'm going to a better place today

And it'll stop hurting when the pain goes away

Yeah it'll stop hurting when the pain goes away