Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)

Track 7 on Ring Ring (International Edition)

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Jun. 19731 viewer

Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) Lyrics

[Verse 1: Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
Do you remember the first time and all of your sweet, sweet talk?
Ain't heard it a lot since then love
Now look at that guy, he's making me cry
He leaves every morning and he hardly says goodbye

[Pre-Chorus: Björn & Benny]
But if I would have to choose I wouldn't let you go
Just give it some more time and you will see our love will grow
Darling, I know

[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
We gotta have patience
Love isn't just a sensation
Some of the time it gets rough
Love isn't easy but it sure is hard enough
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
Giving
Love is a reason for living
But a few things can be tough
Love isn't easy but it sure is hard enough
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)

[Verse 2: Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
From the first moment I saw you I've treated you like a queen
I've given you lots of presents
Now listen to that, just look at that cat
You'd think he was an angel, but he's talking through his hat

[Pre-Chorus: Björn & Benny]
But if I would have to choose I wouldn't let you go
Just give it some more time and you will see our love will grow
Darling, I know

[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
We gotta have patience
Love isn't just a sensation
Some of the time it gets rough
Love isn't easy but it sure is hard enough
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
Giving
Love is a reason for living
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
But a few things can be tough
Love isn't easy but it sure is hard enough
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
Patience
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
Love isn't just a sensation
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
Some of the time it gets rough
Love isn't easy but it sure is hard enough
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
Giving
Love is a reason for living
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)
But a few things can be tough
Love isn't easy but it sure is hard enough
(Sweet, sweet, our love is bittersweet)

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It was the fourth and last single to be released from their album Ring Ring, but unusually, it was not issued in ABBA’s home-country of Sweden, but elsewhere in Scandinavia. It was coupled with “I Am Just a Girl” as its B-side upon release in 1973. The song was one of the last songs to be recorded for the album Ring Ring. “Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)” was the first and last Polar single to be issued as ‘Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida’.

The song describes the common phenomenon of a quarrel between lovers, and although the song’s title seems to be self-contradictory, it’s unlikely that it pertains to a sexual double entendre as some have believed it to be.