The best songs all have heartache in ’em
‘Cause all of creation is groanin’
And good poems smile but the best ones are tearful
‘Cause all of history’s moanin’

And everyone’s missin’ a day that ain’t here yet
And everyone’s waitin’ for last year
‘Cause some past years are closer to the day that ain’t here yet
Than today is to anythin’ happier

And the future’s a cloud that clears as you enter
But the past is a portrait that lies
‘Cause the brush strokes are broad where the canvas is flawed
So the rest of it comes out real nice

And the sages all say that there’ll come a day
When we’ll no longer look through a glass darkly
And it might defy reason but I can’t help believin’
‘Cause reason is blind where the heart sees

Yeah ’cause all the best stories have heartache in ’em
But the great ones still leave you with light
I b’lieve Love and Truth have the final say
–That it’s them whisperin’ to you at night–

Yeah ’cause the best songs all have heartache in ’em
Because that’s just the story we know
And happily-ever-after ain’t about now or never
It’s about waiting to reap what’s been sown

Yeah but one day I’ll reap what He’s sown
Yeah I pray we’ll all reap where He’s sown