After all these years of runnin' 'round
All this flying high and falling down
I gotta get back to the way I was
Gonna turn it 'round darlin' just because
And everybody's talkin' 'bout the shape I'm in
They say "boy, you ain't a poet, just a drunk with a pen."
All over and over, again and again,
Lord they don't know about the places I've been

It get's hard out here
I know it don't look it
I used to have heart, but the highway took it
The game was right but the deal was crooked
Lord I'll make it perfectly clear, it get's hard out here

Ah, I guess there must be something I'm missin'
My mama told me I should've gone into easy listenin'
Joined up with a band 'cause I thought it was cool
Lord I probably should've just gone back to school
Ah pretty darlin' it'll be okay
You know one of these days I'm gonna take you away
She said, "oh sweet daddy, you're probably right,
You know we might get lucky but it won't be tonight"

It get's hard out here
I know it don't look it
I used to have heart, but the highway took it
The game was right but the deal was crooked
Lord make it perfectly clear, it get's hard out here

I know it don't seem it
I said I tried but I never did mean it
Nobody's listening so we might as well scream it
Oh God we're all out of beer
It get's hard out here

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Writer(s): HAYES CARLL