Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Hard Way , by - Shannon McNally. Release date: 31.12.2004
Song language: English
The Hard Way |
| Here I stand judged and bothered by a man |
| with a feather around his neck |
| I traded his misspent youth for my better sense |
| I got a thank you very much |
| then he split and left me with the check |
| why do I feel so bad, feel so sad |
| you know he told me that I would |
| i never learn nothing but the hard way |
| cause at the time it felt so good |
| a young mother with a nursing child sat plainly on the ground |
| she rocked and rocked that child to sleep sweet, on her bossom brown |
| our eye’s met for a moment then she looked away |
| the child cried out in hunger there was nothing else to say |
| why do I feel so bad, feel so sad |
| you know he told me that I would |
| i never learn nothing but the hard way |
| cause at the time it felt so good |
| I dreampt I saw a bandit he was pointing with his gun |
| I don’t think he meant me well no it seemed my luck was done |
| the channel surfers raged on as he shot the children down |
| there ain’t nothing makes me sadder than to watch my mother frown |
| why do I feel so bad, feel so sad |
| you know he told me that I would |
| i never learn nothing but the hard way |
| cause at the time it felt so good |
| i know this guy he keeps asking to see my inner self |
| he’s lookin, lookin, lookin and the book’s right on the shelf |
| so I point out diagram forty two line seventeen |
| it’s a graph of intent baby is this what you need? |
| why do I feel so bad, feel so sad |
| you know he told me that I would |
| i never learn nothing but the hard way |
| cause at the time it felt so good |
| bored ficticious characters inhabiting the earth |
| misplacing value and finding girth |
| longing for silence they build jack hammer fences |
| to tie, tear and castigate their long tortured senses |
| why do I feel so bad, feel so sad |
| you know he told me that I would |
| i never learn nothing but the hard way |
| cause at the time it felt so good |
| I headed down to New Orleans to see what do I know |
| it turns out not very much oh the river told me so |
| no surprise oh no surprise this I already knew |
| you can run but you can never hide when the river comes for you |
| why do I feel so bad, feel so sad |
| you know he told me that I would |
| i never learn nothing but the hard way |
| cause at the time it felt so good |