Hard-to-love lady

I was walkin' on the sand ...
Talkin' to the sky ...
Changin' all the plans in my life.
And when my world was closin' in,
She came softly into sight ...
Whispered in the wind ... and made it right.
But when I held her body close, I felt her slip away ...
And, somewhere in the night, I never ... saw her again.

Like a moonbeam on the water, her spirit dances free ...
She's got everything you need, boy, but she will not let it be ...
Oh no, she will not let it be ... she's a ... hard-to-love lady.

When the magic was all gone ... when the salt had left the air ...
I tore up Speedway Boulevard without a care.
'Cause if she's not here with me now, I still sing and pay the fare ...
To see her dancing in my heart ... she's always there ... always there.

Like a moonbeam on the water, her spirit dances free ...
She's got everything you need, boy, but she will not let it be ...
Oh no, she will not let it be ... she's a ... hard-to-love lady.

Because she just can't find a way ... to love ... herself.