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its a hard life wherever y Nanci Griffith
I am a back[D]seat [C] driver from A[G] [merica
We [D] drive to the [C] left on Fordās [G] road.
And the [D] man at the [C] wheelās name is [G] Shamus
We pass a [D] child on the [C] corner he [G] knows
And [D] Shamus says, ćNow [C] what chance has [G] that kid got?ä
And I [D] say from the [C] back, ćI donāt [G] knowä
He says, ćThereās [D] barbed wire at [C] all of these [G] exits
And there aināt [D] no place in [C] Belfast for that [G] kid to goä
Chorus:
Yes itās a [C] hard life, itās a hard [G/B] life, itās a [C] very hard [G]
life
Itās a [D] hard life wher[C]ever you [G] go
And if we [D] poison our [C] children with [G] hatred
Then a [D] hard life is [C] all that theyāll [G] know
And there aināt [D] no place in [C] Belfast for that [G] kid to go [D] [C]
[G]
Cafeteria line in Chicago
The fat man in front of me
Is calling black people trash to his children
But heās the only trash here I see
And Iām thinking, this man wears a white hood
In the night when his children should sleep
But theyāll slip to their windows and theyāll see him
And theyāll think white hoods are all that they need
Chorus 2:
Yes itās a hard life, itās a hard life, itās a very hard life
Itās a hard life wherever you go
And if we poison our children with hatred
Then a hard life is all that theyāll know
And there aināt no place in Chicago for those kids to go
I was a child in the sixties
When dreams could be had through TV
With Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther
And I believed, I believed, I believed
Now Iām a backseat driver from America
And Iām not at the wheel of control
And I am guilty, I am war, and I am the root of all evil
Lord, and I canāt drive on the left side of the road
Chorus 3:
Yes itās a hard life, itās a hard life, itās a very hard life
Itās a hard life wherever you go
And if we poison our children with hatred
Then a hard life is all that theyāll know
And there aināt no place in this world for these kids to go
Keep on strummin'
James
Editor
The Gospel Music Archive
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