(Lyrics & Music: Ian Petrie)
 

1.
I've felt it growing for some time, this hurting deep inside -
From broken dreams and two-bit schemes and feelings that have died;
I used to love you all the time, but now I don't see why -
It's getting better to be gone ever since I said goodbye.

2.
You never said you were sorry for those thing you said to me -
I guess you never understood how hurt a guy could be;
How sleepless nights and broken pride could tear a man in two -
I never said I was sorry for those things I said to you.

Chorus.
'Cause a man don't need the hurting -
And he don't need the pain;
This man don't need the loving that you gave -
But I love you anyway.

3.
So now it's come full circle, all the way around -
We've said goodbye and let it die in another town;
It's over for good and it's over for bad -
Except the dreams that I dream 'bout good times that we've had.

Chorus 2.
'Cause a girl don't need the hurting -
And she don't need the pain;
No she don't need the loving that you gave -
But you love her anyway.

Chorus 3.
No we don't need the hurting -
And we don't need the pain;
No we don't need the loving that we trade -
But I love you anyway.
 
 

Copyright: 1975 Ian Petrie
Published: 1975 McMusic Ltd. CAPAC
Renewed: 1994 Mousehole Music SOCAN
 
 

CHUCK: Drums
IAN: Bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
JOHN: Pedal steel guitar

IAN PETRIE: Vocal, electric guitar
Background vocals:Chuck, Ian M., John, Yves Belec