A TOR NA DO TORE THROUGH
A MID WEST TOWN
WA SN'T NO THIN' IN ITS PATH
IT DI DN'T TAKE DOWN
EX CEPT THE BAP TIST CHURCH
AND A BALL FIELD
THEN THEY RE BUILT
TALK A BOUT TOUGH PEO PLE
SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD
WHEN THEY GOT THE NEWS
IT WAS IN HER LIT TLE LUNGS
IT WAS STAGE TWO
MA MA SPENT E VERY NIGHT
BY HER BED
AND DAD DY SHAVED HIS HEAD
TALK A BOUT TOUGH PEO PLE
YEAH THERE WERE PLEN TY OF TIMES
SHE COUL D'VE GAVE UP
OH HO
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT TA BAD
OH HO
AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP GO IN'
KEEP ON FIGH TIN'
WHEN YOUR BACK'S A GAINST THE WALL
KEEP ON GET TIN' BACK UP
WHEN YOU FALL
KEEP ON KEE PIN' YOUR HEAD
HELD HIGH 'COS I
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
GOOD BEATS E VIL
AND TOUGH TIMES
MAKE TOUGH PEO PLE
IT'S A SIN GLE MOM WOR KIN'
TWO JOBS A DAY
AND A FAR MER BARE LY GET TIN' BY
NEE DIN' RAIN
IT'S A COP ON A CALL
RUN NIN' IN GUN DRAWN
'COS A SHOO TER'S IN
A SCHOOL HOUSE HALL WAY
OH HO
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT TA BAD
OH HO
AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP GO IN'
KEEP ON FIGH TIN'
WHEN YOUR BACK'S A GAINST THE WALL
KEEP ON GET TIN' BACK UP
WHEN YOU FALL
KEEP ON KEE PIN' YOUR HEAD
HELD HIGH 'COS I
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
GOOD BEATS E VIL
AND TOUGH TIMES
MAKE TOUGH PEO PLE
HE WAS DOG TAGS, BOOTS
AND AR MY GREEN
SHIPPED OFF SOME WHERE
TO KEEP US ALL FREE
CAME BACK IN A BOX
WITH A FLAG ON IT
MAN TALK A BOUT
SOME TOUGH PEO PLE
OH HO
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT TA BAD
OH HO
AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP GO IN'
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
GOOD BEATS E VIL
AND TOUGH TIMES
MAKE TOUGH PEO PLE
