Love is a hard, hard road
And covered her with a quit that she made
In a brush harbor down on the Rush Creek shore
They line 'em up in La-z-boys out in the sunroom
There's a shadow much darker than the valley of death
Love is a hard, hard road
And she's the only love he's known
The TV keeps the quiet away
All the years and children grow
He woke up each morning and drove into town
Love is a hard road
He cursed his body old and weak, tears of failure burned his cheek
The nurses saw an old woman crying
When you fear the reaper might not come today
And he said, "Oh, don't you know I prayed to die before this day?"
He met her in the summer of '37
I list all those reasons and I still don't understand"
Helped the old man shoulder the load
But he saw the love of his life
He stayed all day 'till her dinner came
She don't know where she is
Love is a hard, hard road
And he said, "They tell me this is all that's left
But she knows this isn't home
Love is a hard, hard road
Say this hell on earth is best
But she won him with her eyes
He loved her black hair and the mischief in her smile
Love is a hard, hard road
He still sees her the same
Then he took her to her room, leaned on her wheelchair like a walker
Moving Oleta
She can't recall his name
Only God and a couple of nurses
