Hard Out Here

Well, after all these years of running 'round
 Always flying high and falling down
 I gotta get back to the way I was
 Gonna turn it all 'round just because
 And everybody's talking about the shape I'm in
 They say, "Boy, you ain't a poet, just a drunk with a band"
 All 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, I'll make it perfectly clear, it gets hard out here
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 I guess there must be something I'm missing
 My momma told me I should've gone into easy listening
 Going with the band 'cause I thought it was cool
 Oh good Lord, I should've gone back to school
 Oh, pretty darling, 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 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, I'll make it perfectly clear
 It gets 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 outta beer, it gets hard out here