Atlantic City, NJ, March 18, 1972

How come you are painful?

By Vladimir Huber

How does it feel to be put down?
How does it feel to cry at night?
How does it feel to lose all hope?
Why did you cry, since you knew
that you could have laughed?
Questions and questions,
for somebody without answers.

Why do you get upset,
when somebody feels sad
for your sorrows?
Why do you turn away,
when somebody opens
his hands to you?
It might not be me the one,
but at least I am somebody
that cries when you are hurt.

Turn, if you want to turn,
but make sure that it’s good for you.
I don’t mind where you go,
how you do it, or with whom;
just make sure that it’s good for you.

It might sound too nice,
but I can’t help it,
and remember that you hurt.