Maria Daines ~ Hard Knocks

’Hard Knocks’ Day’s end finds you wishing Don’t look back on what has been It’s the old days you’re missing And everything in between Hard knocks built your caring heart Let it go and time will tell Absence tears the pain apart How we know our loss so well Like a bird in an empty sky Singing for the wind and rain Not everything we leave behind Was ever meant to stay I know you can make it Through the clouds and back to shore Not everything we once held dear Is for us anymore You tried and done your best Ain’t no shame to walk away Sometimes the broken fly the nest And we can’t make them stay Like a bird in an empty sky Singing for the wind and rain Not everything we leave behind Was ever meant to stay Like a bird in an empty sky Singing for the wind and rain Not everything we leave behind Was ever meant to stay Like a bird in an empty sky Singing for the wind and rain Not everything we leave behind Was ever meant to stay... © Maria Daines/Paul Killington 29th December 2023 New CD album, Blue ~ Our thanks to the fantastic photographers at Pexels for their beautiful film clips and to Nick Wehrli for the perfect picture.