/ Intro / 

And it's a hard life 
For a man with no wife 
Babe, it's a hard life 
God makes you live 

But without it 
Don't doubt it 
You don't even have 
Your tears to give 

I wake up and I'm fine 
With my dreamings still on my mind 
But it don't take long, you see 
For the demons to come and visit me 

And I've got my problems 
Sometimes love don't solve them 
And I end each day 
In a song 

And it's a hard life 
For a man with no wife 
Lord, it's a hard life 
God makes you live 

But without it 
Baby, don't doubt it 
You don't even have 
Your tears to give 

I know I'm a hard man 
To live with sometimes 
Maybe it ain't in me 
To make you a happy wife of mine 

Maybe you'll kill me 
Honey I don't blame you 
If I was in your place 
Maybe that's what I would do 

But I ain't breathing, let me breathe 
Let me go, let me leave 
I don't know, but I might lose 
I might bum, might blow a fuse 

So let me go 
Lay it down 
On my own 
Let me drown 

Let me go 
Go where you don't know 

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