The Hardest Part Of Love-Musical Cast Recording

[ti:The Hardest Part Of Love] [ar:Musical Cast Recording] [al:Children Of Eden Highlights] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hardest Part Of Love - Musical Cast Recording (音乐剧) [00:10.71]Oh this son of mine I love so well [00:13.31]And all the toil it takes [00:15.36] [00:15.91]I'd give to him a garden and keep clear of snakes [00:20.26] [00:20.78]But the one thing he most treasures is [00:23.69]To make his own mistakes ohhh [00:27.06] [00:28.24]He goes charging on the cliffs of life [00:31.16]A reckless mountaineer [00:33.09] [00:33.76]I could help him not to stumble [00:35.39] [00:35.93]I could warn him what to fear [00:38.28]I could shout until I'm breathless [00:40.93]And he'd still refuse to hear ohhh [00:44.27] [00:46.15]But you cannot close the acorn [00:48.05] [00:48.63]Once the oak begins to grow [00:50.64] [00:51.27]And you cannot close your heart [00:53.24]To what it fears and needs to know [00:55.74] [00:56.36]That the hardest part of love [00:58.78] [01:00.00]Is the letting go [01:01.43] [01:04.66]As a child I found a sparrow [01:06.90]Who had fallen form the nest [01:08.86] [01:09.38]And I nursed him back to health till he was stronger than the rest [01:13.60] [01:14.25]But when I tried to hold it [01:16.66]It would peck and scratch my chest [01:18.82]Till I let it go [01:19.81] [01:21.41]And I watched it fly away from me [01:23.79]With it's brightened self resolve [01:25.78] [01:26.30]And part of me was cursing I had helped it grow so strong [01:30.48] [01:31.07]And I feared it might go hungery [01:33.41]And I feared it might go wrong ohhh [01:36.80] [01:38.22]But I could not close the acorn [01:40.80]Once the oak began to grow [01:42.70] [01:43.25]And I cannot close my heart [01:45.08] [01:45.63]To what it fears and needs to know [01:47.65] [01:48.27]That the hardest part of love [01:50.48] [01:52.18]Is the letting go [01:54.59]Is the letting go [01:56.77] [02:01.27]And it's only in Eden grows a rose without a thorn [02:05.95] [02:06.64]And your children start to leave you [02:08.62]On the day that they were born [02:10.98] [02:11.53]They will leave you there to cheer for them [02:14.23]They will leave you there to mourn ever so [02:17.28] [02:18.91]Like an ark on uncharted seas their lives will be tossed [02:23.67] [02:24.33]And the deeper is your love for them [02:26.66]The crueler is the cost [02:28.54] [02:29.07]And just when they start to find themselves [02:32.36] [02:34.27]Is when you fear they're lost ohhh [02:37.91] [02:38.93]But you cannot close the acorn [02:41.28]Once the oak begins to grow [02:44.02]And you cannot close your heart [02:45.96]To what it fears and needs to know [02:49.27] [02:50.67]That the hardest part of love [02:53.21] [02:55.07]And the rarest part of love [02:58.32] [02:59.43]And the truest is part of love [03:04.22] [03:06.86]Love [03:07.73] [03:08.56]Is the letting go