Temporary Nature (Of Any Precious Thing) - Lucinda Williams

Afraid to love and afraid to give

Just because of what it might cost us

But love can never, never live

Without the pain, the pain of loss

Life’s never fair and it can be rough

And it can turn and play cruel tricks on us

And just when we think we’ve had enough

There’s always on more river to cross

The temporary nature of any precious thing

That just makes it, just makes it more precious

But not easier, not easier to lose

To lose somebody as precious as you

We don’t have an answer, God only knows

Why we are made to weather these storms

But God knows I love you

And you’ve always been precious

Since the day, the day you were born

And it’s always the sweetest reddest roses

That kiss the sharpest thorns

And it’s always the deepest saddest joys

That prove to be the richest ones

The temporary nature of any precious thing

That just makes it, just makes it more precious

But not easier, not easier to lose

To lose somebody, somebody like you

To lose somebody as precious as you

To lose somebody as precious as you