Hard Times from Arguably OK by TK & The Holy Know-Nothings

Paulie always had it coming
With those swollen dead moon eyes
I was trying to leave when
He pulled me aside
And he said he had some woman
And he’d sell her on the cheap
I found him by the river
With a girl that couldn’t speak
And I held him under water
And he shook himself to sleep
But Paulie always had it coming
He just couldn’t keep it clean

Hard times
Hard times, again

Holed up in Paulie’s basement
A couple weeks hung on the line
I was sleeping on the ceiling
With a girl that couldn’t cry
But she’d fill the room with silence
While I sorted out the score
A couple weeks in Paulie’s basement
With a needle on the floor
And I was high until I was lowered
On down to the cold cement
When I woke, the day had broken
That beating in her chest

Hard times
Hard times, again

I fell down by the river
Pale as the dead moon light
I prayed the Lord would take me
In his ever-loving might
Or to fill my hands with money
So I could buy that final dose
I hung my head by the river
And I prayed my eyes would close
And I slept until I was sober
And I woke in a pool of sweat
That morning cracked me open
I was raw as a baby’s breath

Hard times
Hard times, again

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