Love, hard to find

LOVE IS HARD TO FIND

I was fourteen, just a boy with a bicycle,

Riding down the same old street.

Then I saw her riding toward me,

And my heart skipped a beat.

She was beautiful and old-fashioned,

The kind of girl I dreamed I’d find.

I didn’t know what love was then,

But I thought she was mine.

We couldn’t go out like lovers do,

Our families had their ways.

So we’d talk on the telephone,

And steal a look for days.

I’d ride or walk right by her house,

She’d meet me from the balcony.

We didn’t need a word to say,

She knew what she meant to me.

Oh, love is hard to find,

But when it comes, you know.

It can make a fourteen-year-old

Feel a hundred years old.

You can cross an ocean,

You can risk it all,

Just to see the one you love

For a moment before they go.

Yeah, love is hard to find,

But I know it can be real.

I was only fourteen,

But I knew exactly how it feels.

We’d sneak up on the rooftop,

Holding hands beneath the stars.

One little kiss, one little dream,

And suddenly the world was ours.

I thought I’d found forever,

I thought she’d always be mine.

I didn’t know how fast forever

Could disappear with time.

Every summer she went to Greece,

And I couldn’t bear the pain.

Two months without the girl I loved,

Driving me insane.

So one morning I told myself,

“I’ve got to see her somehow.”

I went to my father’s bookkeeper,

“Please, I need some money now.”

Fifteen years old, I bought a ticket,

Got on that airplane alone.

No cell phone, no address,

I didn’t even know where she called home.

I found a little hotel room,

Then walked the shore all day.

Searching every beach and street,

Hoping she’d come my way.

Three days later, there she was,

Walking with her little sister.

My heart was beating so damn hard,

I could barely even whisper.

I was scared her family might see me,

But I couldn’t turn away.

I walked right up and surprised her—

The greatest moment of my days.

Oh, love is hard to find,

But when it comes, you know.

It can make a fifteen-year-old

Cross an ocean on his own.

We held each other for a moment,

One kiss before goodbye.

She said, “You can’t stay here,

It’s too risky if they find you by my side.”

Yeah, love is hard to find,

But I know it can be real.

Two minutes in her arms

Was everything I’d ever feel.

I went back to my hotel,

With a smile across my face.

I had crossed an ocean for her,

And I’d do it all again.

When I got back home,

My mom and dad were scared.

My father found out what I’d done,

And believe me, he was mad.

I got punished for that ticket,

For leaving without permission.

But every bruise was worth it,

‘Cause I’d seen the one I loved.

After she heard what I had done,

We became even closer.

For a few more beautiful years,

She was my girl, and I was hers.

Then life came calling for me,

And I had to leave the country.

I never saw her face again,

But she never really left me.

Oh, love is hard to find,

And sometim