The first emo lyric post of 2012

Hard Out Here

With thanks (or apologies) to Hayes Carll

After all these years of runnin' 'round

All this flyin' high and falling down

I gotta get back to the way I was

Gonna turn it 'round darlin' just because

And everybody's talking 'bout the shape I'm in

They say, boy you ain't a poet, just a drunk with a pen

Over and over, again and again

Lord, they don't know about the places I've been

It gets 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 gets hard out here

Ah, I guess there must be somethin' I'm missin'

My mama told me I should have gone into easy listenin'

Joined up with a band 'cause I thought it was cool

Lord, I probably should have just gone back to school

Ahhh, pretty darlin', it'll be o.k.

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 gets 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 gets hard out here

I know it don't seem it

I said I'd try, 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