Scars From an Old Love - Lyrics - Hazel Dickens

Hazel Jane Dickens was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs. Cultural blogger John Pietaro noted that "Dickens didnât just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them and her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause." The New York Times extolled her as "a clarion-voiced advocate for coal miners and working people and a pioneer among women in bluegrass music." With Alice Gerrard, Dickens was one of the first women to record a bluegrass album.

I held him as close as I dared to go All his sweet love has started to show I know that I need him, but trustin his love But the scars from an old love haven't quite healed enough Yes the battle is over, but healing takes time Leave it all them old memories behind I know that I love him, need him so much But the scars from an old love haven't quite healed enough Yes the battle is over, and the victor has fled Wounded and dying, one lonely heart bled Now love sounds her bugle, playing loves old sweet song While the scars from an old love haven't quite all gone Yes the battle is over, but healing takes time Leave it all them old memories behind I know that I love him, need him so much But the scars from an old love haven't quite healed enough