Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass
  You know his faults, now let the foibles pass
  Life is one long enigma, my friend
  So read on, read on, the answer's at the end
  
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
  It's the ones that you love we think so little of
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
  It's the ones that you need we think so little of
  
  The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech
  But what's often in your heart, is the hardest thing to reach
  And life is one long mystery, my friend
  So live on, live on, the answer's at the end
  
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
  It's the ones that you love we think so little of
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
  It's the ones that you need we think so little of
  
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
  It's the ones that you love we think so little of
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
  It's the ones that you need we think so little of
  
  Oh, we think so little of the ones that we love, sometimes
  Isn't it a pity how we hurt
  The ones that we love the most of all
  The ones we shouldn't hurt at all
  
  You know my faults, now let the foibles pass
  'Cause life is one long enigma, my friend
  Live on, live on, the answer's at the end
  
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
  It's the ones that you love we think so little of
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
  It's the ones that you need we think so little of
  
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
  It's the ones that you love we think so little of
  Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
  It's the ones that you need we think so little of
  
  The ones that we love
  We hurt the most of all, sometimes
  And isn't it a pity how
  We hurt the ones that we love (fade)