Life Is Hard

A farm in Kansas, an unforgiving land
Rainless, arid, unfazed by human hand
Sweatin', hard work, all to no avail
As you watch the withered crops fail
A man should reap the things he sows
But the bank is threatening to foreclose
Life is hard
Nobody said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Crouched in a doorway, nowhere to turn
Not to the mother whose mind is drug burnt
Not to the father who spoke with his fists
So he does what he must to exist
A runaway pounding the concrete
A frightened teen lost to the street
Life is hard
Nobody said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Mmm, life is hard
Yeah, life is hard
A workin' mother, three kids to raise
A deadbeat husband too weak to stay
She gets so weary, so tired to the bone
She feels abandoned, lost and alone
She knows for her children she must be strong
But Lord Almighty, this has to be wrong
Life is hard
Nobody said it would be easy
Ooh yeah
But nobody said it'd be this hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Mmm, life is hard
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, life is hard