It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

[Verse 1]
She's lost a lot of herself that time cannot replace
Bits and pieces of herself, gone without a trace
She's been a-holding on to anything that happened to be there
She's all used up and forgotten and scattered everywhere

[Chorus]
Oh, she's not an angel, so don't look for her wings
She's a hurtin' woman who lives the song she sings
She learned them all the hard way, on the streets of life alone
That's why it's hard to tell the singer from the song

[Verse 2]
One by one, her young years were gone before she knew
Wasted on some loser who was only walkin' through
Each time her bruised and lonely heart tried to break the fall
Rather put the pieces of the life on the wall

[Chorus]
Oh, she's not an angel, so don't look for her wings
She's a hurtin' woman who lives the song she sings
She learned them all the hard way, on the streets of life alone
That is why it's hard to tell the singer from the song
Yes, that is why it's hard to tell the singer from the song