Giver her little bows of indigo Put her on a boat to sea, Ms. McLean Send her on home to me So grieve, if one of us must grieve Took my luck to the Calvary But the Calvary wasn't for me, I did up and leave Made a pretty little priest for a year or two But it didn't quite do for me, here's why; It's hard to be the only light And love It's hard to be the only light And love It's hard to be the only light And love It's hard to be the only light And love It's hard to be the only How do I begin to say this sober? Finally confide in me, come over You ain't above love You ain't above love You ain't beyond the heart or better than the beat Must be hard to be the only Five thousand lumens must get lonely But you ain't above love You ain't above love You ain't above love You ain't above love