Song Description

Working Man's Lament

Lyrics

He drags himself home throws his check on the table,
Sets himself down runs his hand through his hair,
He thinks about his life and his wife and their children,
Life is hard you gotta' work when you're able,
He's just a stone's throw from a cold grave yard,
He just keep's on punchin' that card

Cause life's hard,
Life's hard

The kids are still in school when she comes home from work now,
She barely even smiles when she comes through the door,
A brief hello then she's off to the TV,
He wonders why they don't make love anymore,
He does what he despises so the family won't starve,
It leaves his spirit irrevocably scarred

Cause life's hard (Life is hard and it's a mystery)
Yeah life's hard (Is this the way that it was meant to be)
Well life's hard (Forever swimming in an endless sea)
Life's hard

He looks at life like it's a turn at the dice-shootin' table,
He tries so hard but he never wins,
He's reachin' for that happy ending in his own little fable,
It doesn't help to act his age,
And he can't make it on the minimum wage

He finally bought that new guitar that he'd been wantin',
But he missed a payment just the other day,(Money, money,money...)
He finally learned a song by trying hard through the winter,
The bank sent one notice then they took it away,
Sometimes he wonders why he even tries
Well it's enough to make him sit down and cry,

Cause life's Hard, life's hard....