Hard to Forget

Sam Hunt

There stands the glass

That will ease all my pain

That will settle my brain

It’s my first one today

There stands the glass

That-that will ease all my pain

That-that will settle my brain

It-it’s my first one today

Hey

I saw your sister at work

I saw your mama at church

I’m pretty sure I saw your car at the mall

I see your face in the clouds

I smell your perfume in crowds

I swear your number’s on my phone, wants to call

It’s kinda funny how I can’t seem

To get away from you

It’s almost like you don’t want me to

You’ve got a cold heart and the cold hard truth

I got a bottle of whiskey, but I got no proof

That you showed up tonight

In that dress just to mess with my head

So much for so long

Out of sight, out of mind

Girl, you’re lookin’ so good

It’s drivin’ me out of mine

Oh, you’re breakin’ my heart

Baby, you’re playin’ hard to forget

Told me to leave all your things

Out on the porch, on the swing

You’ll come and grab ’em by the end of the week

Well, it’s just some jeans and a shirt

But it’s a whole lot of hurt

I think I know why you’ve been dragging your feet

Ain’t it funny how I can’t seem

To get away from you?

It’s almost like you don’t want me to

You’ve got a cold heart and the cold hard truth

I got a bottle of whiskey, but I got no proof

That you showed up tonight

In that dress just to mess with my head

So much for so long

Out of sight, out of mind

Girl, you’re lookin’ so good

It’s drivin’ me out of mine

Oh, you’re breakin’ my heart

Baby, you’re playin’ hard to forget

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Review

The song is from Sam Hunt’s second album “Southside.” “Hard to Forget” flips the 1953 ballad “There Stands the Glass,” by honky-tonker Webb Pierce into a reggae-lite beat, giving Hunt some heat over which he can outline his angst over a lost love.