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lyrics

If hard living was easy
everyone would do it
only easy for the hardest
old timers who’ve been through it
But they put in the time
Barreling through life
Now they’re doing just fine
living too hard to die
Son, you see
You could learn a lot from me
By not doing a single thing I say
But if you want to walk the line
You gotta put in the time
Rome didn’t fall in a day

That’s the thing about hard living
It’s only hard in the beginning
give it time
and it keeps on giving
and you keep living
that hard living

What I really need is a
Liquor store Jesus to
turn my money into wine
and say a little prayer
that he’d get wild hair
and shows me a sign
This is the way
to your destiny
Not bad for a Tuesday night
It’s all down hill
to some damn good stories
That I might later deny.

That’s the thing about hard living
It’s not a job
Its a religion
It’s only hard when you’re not believing
praying God please relieve me
from the hard living

That’s the thing about hard living
It’s only hard in the beginning
give it time
and it keeps on giving
and you keep living
that hard living

On the river of life
I’m frozen in the ice
But I got nowhere to be
But when spring is sprung
and my bell is rung
I’ll be feeling the heat
I should win a prize
for still being alive
Living on the edge of a knife
But what do I know
I’ve got nothing to show
And never worked a hard day in my life

That’s the thing about hard living
It’s not dying
But it’s also not a living
It’s not uplifting
But it’s a tradition
Im a man on a mission
Spreading hard living

That’s the thing about hard living
It’s only hard in the beginning
give it time
and it keeps on giving
and you keep living
that hard living

That’s the thing about hard living
It’s hard on the liver
the liver of life
and the liver of the liver

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from You Call This An Album, released May 27, 2022

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