The Hard Way

The Hard Way - Frankie laine

The hard way the hard way

The hard way to get here

The hard way to stay

The hard way to work

And the hard way to play

The hard way the long way

The rough way the slow

The hard way to get here

And the old hard way to go

They tell me that I first saw light

In eighteen fourty four

In a wagon in the hills of tennessee

And my mother soon lay dead

With an arrow through her head

So it started out the old hard way for me

The hard way to get here

The hard way to stay

The hard way to work

And the hard way to play

The hard way the long way

The rough way the slow

The old hard way to get here

And the old hard way to go

I hunted possum and raccoon to

Get my share of grub

I fought the bear to rob the honey bee

When I was only five that is how I stayed alive

Everything's been the old hard way for me

I never settled anywhere

Ain't never earned no pay

A bottle's words is steady company

I never learned to ride

All I learned to do was fight

Everything has been the old hard way for me

The hard way to get here

The hard way to stay

The hard way to work

And the hard way to play

The hard way the long way

The rough way the slow

The hard way to get here

And the old hard way to go

That bugle started blowin' back in eighteen sixty one

I pulled up stakes and volunteered with lee

I marched with old stonewall

Till I met a cannon ball

Everything's been the old hard way for me

The hard way to get here

The hard way to stay

The hard way to work

And the hard way to play

The hard way the long way

The rough way the slow

The hard way to get here

And the old hard way to go

So all good folk who come this way

And then look upon this stone

Please say a prayer and set my spirit free

Won't you help me reach my goal

'Cause I'm down here shovelin' coal

Everything is still the old hard way for me

Everything is still the old hard way for me

Everything is still the old hard way for me