Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word è una canzone scritta da Elton John e Bernie Taupin. Registrata, inserita ed estratta come singolo dall’album di Elton John del 1976 Blu Moves.

Joe Cocker nel 1991 ne fece una cover che inserì nell’album tributo Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. Personalmente preferisco questa versione all’originale, perchè, fermo restando il senso Le scuse sembrano essere le parole più difficili (da pronunciare), la voce graffiata di Cocker rende la canzone meno smielata e stucchevole.

Il testo di Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

What have I got to do to make you love me
What have I got to do to make you care
What do I do when lightning strikes me
And I wake to find that you’re not there

What do I do to make you want me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it’s all over
And sorry seems to be the hardest word

It’s sad, so sad
It’s a sad, sad situation
And it’s getting more and more absurd
It’s sad, so sad

Why can’t we talk it over
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
What do I do to make you love me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I do when lightning strikes me
What have I got to do
What have I got to do
When sorry seems to be the hardest word