givin up is hard to do when you really love someone givin up is so hard to do when you still depend upon his word and his tender touch his kiss and his caress oh oh it used to mean so much and bring your happiness givin up is so hard to do ive tried but it just ain t no use givin up is so very so very hard to do i said ive tried but it just ain t no use but my light but my light my light of hope is burning burn burning in my heart i pray that my love and faith in a man will bring him will bring him back some day hey hey hey yeah oh whether whether whether whether whether whether he knows or not he he he he really needs me too yes he does you know the man is all ive got yes he is and givin up givin up givin up is so hard to do hey hey yeah givin up is so hard so hard for me to do hey hey givin up is so very hard for me to do oh i i i dont wanna lose your love because it means it means so very much to me oh see sometimes sometimes sometimes late in the evening when im all alone i turn out all the lights and i hold my pillow tight i just say oh oh ooh givin up dont make me do it baby dont make me do it dont make me dont make me hey hey yeah baby baby