Hurt You Instead

HURT YOU INSTEAD
Words and Music Bruce Carroll and Robert Kraft

All that you said you felt
I felt it too
All that you said you wanted
I tried to give it to you
All that was ever offered
You pushed it away
And so you fled
I tried to help you
But I hurt you instead

Love dancers starting slowly
Gathering speed
Moving in smaller circles
Of freedom and need
Pushing against each other
Breaking away
And so you fled
I tried to help you
But I hurt you instead

Calling out...but you're here no more
Knocking on...your old front door
I walk alone...where we walked before
And all of those days
And all of those years
Led up to
This lonely day of tears

Again and again
My words come back to me
Words meant to comfort you
Came out angrily
I shouted as if
I could make you agree
And so you fled
I tried to help you
But I hurt you instead

Chorus

Piano: Clifford Carter
Cello: Mark Murphy
Violin: Sara Milonovich
Vocals: Nicole Alifante, Bruce Carroll