It feels as if the last words
I heard you say
were “Keep holding on to me
Don’t let go"
and I won’t, but I also know
that it keeps getting harder all the time
        it keeps getting harder all the time

I guess there are still some things
you just don’t understand
about me and where I’ve been
and who I am
You thought I was a simple man to understand
but now it’s getting harder all the time
       it keeps getting harder all the time

It must be hard to read me when
you can’t look into my eyes
across the miles on a
telephone line
and I know you never mean to be unkind
but it keeps getting harder all the time
       it keeps getting harder all the time

I sit to write of emotions that
are not easily defined
about feelings I might try to hide
but can never manage to
I can only say I long to be with you
but it keeps getting harder all the time
       it keeps getting harder all the time