From the recording Procrastinator
Chris MacLean: Lead Vocal
Phil Shaw Bova: Drums
Matt Ouimet: Electric Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocal, Pedal Steel
Steve Boudreau: Whurlitzer
Raphael Weinroth-Browne: Cello
Lyrics
Tender and Tough – © 2010 Chris MacLean (SOCAN)
The trouble with lying is you always get caught
The truth shoots up, it won’t be stopped
It’s a flower, pushing through concrete
Tender and tough, just like me.
The trouble with me is my heart broke bad
Shattered to pieces, I thought I was dead
But I’m still breathing alone in this bed, Alone.
The trouble with alone is it’s a universe
It’s cold and silent….
At first you think you’ll forgive but you never forget, no
It takes so long to be ready for that.
The trouble with waiting is you don’t know what to do
It’s boring, and no one’s listening to you
And you cry, but that ain’t no fun
And your eyes they get all puffy, like you’re staring at the sun.
The trouble with the sun, is it’s a burning star
And the trouble with you, is you don’t know who you are
And the trouble with me, is I love you
I know I shouldn’t, but I still do.
Oh the trouble with holding on to a love you’ve lost
Is it freezes you, like you’ve pressed pause….
you spin your tires, you’re going nowhere fast
Oh you’re stuck on a carousel Twirling through the past.
The trouble with a carousel is it goes round and round
And you get so dizzy, you’re falling down, down
before you know it you’re lying on the ground Lying…
The trouble with lying is you always get caught
The truth shoots up, it won’t be stopped
It’s a flower, pushing through the concrete
Tender and tough,
Just like me.
Tender and tough
Just like me