The Cold Hard Facts Of Life

I GOT BACK IN TOWN

A DAY BE FORE

I'D PLANNED TO

I SMILED AND SAID

I'LL SURE SUR PRISE

MY WIFE

I DON'T THINK I'LL PHONE

I'LL JUST HEAD ON HOME

FOR I DID N'T KNOW

THE COLD HARD

FACTS OF LIFE

I PASSED

A LIT TLE WINE STORE

ON THE COR NER

I PIC TURED

PINK CHAM PAGNE

BY CAN DLE LIGHT

I STOPPED THE CAR

RIGHT THEN

GOT OUT AND HUR RIED IN

MY MIND NOT ON

THE COLD HARD

FACTS OF LIFE

A STRAN GER

STOOD THERE LAUGH ING

BY THE COUN TER

HE SAID

I'LL TAKE TWO BOT TLES

OF YOUR BEST

HER HUS BAND'S

OUT OF TOWN

AND THERE'S A PAR TY

HE WINKED AS IF TO SAY

YOU KNOW THE REST

I LEFT THE STORE

TWO STEPS BE HIND

THE STRAN GER

FROM THERE

TO MY HOUSE

HIS CAR STAYED IN SIGHT

BUT IT WAS N'T

TILL HE TURNED

IN TO MY DRIVE

THAT I LEARNED

I WAS WIT NES SING

THE COLD HARD

FACTS OF LIFE

I DROVE

A ROUND THE BLOCK

TILL I WAS DIZ ZY

EACH TIME

THE NOISE CAME LOU DER

FROM WITH IN

AND THEN

I SAW OUR BOT TLE

THERE BE SIDE ME

AND I DRANK

A FIFTH OF COU RAGE

AND WALKED IN

LORD

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN

THEIR FRAN TIC FA CES

THEY SCREAMED

AND CRIED

PLEASE PUT A WAY

THAT KNIFE

I GUESS I'LL GO TO HELL

OR I'LL ROT HERE

IN THIS CELL

BUT WHO TAUGHT WHO

THE COLD HARD

FACTS OF LIFE

WHO TAUGHT WHO

THE COLD HARD

FACTS OF LIFE