Hard Lesson to Learn

[Verse 1]

I drifted into the notion

That you were looking for me

I told myself that devotion

Would flow from your heart to me

When I looked into your eyes

Still no reflection did I see

Of love light glowing within there

That I hoped there would be

[Chorus]

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friend

A hard lesson to learn

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

'Times you gonna get burned

[Verse 2]

I took a chance on emotion

Washing my heart out to see

A single wave on the ocean

You feel so distant from me

And there's a shadow dark upon your smile

A sadness living in your eyes

Storm clouds rolling in an outofdaught

Guess I been living alive

[Chorus]

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friend

Hard lesson to learn

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friends

Hard lesson to learn

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

I drifted into the notion

That you were looking for me

I told myself that devotion

Would flow from your heart to me

But when I looked into your beautiful eyes

Still no reflection did I see

Of love light glowing within there

That I kind o' hoped there would be

[Chorus]

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friends

Hard lesson to learn

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned

[Outro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah oh

Sometimes you gonna get what you want

Sometimes you gonna get burned