THE HARD WAY

The Nashville Teens - 1966


Success don't come easy, so they say
'Cause I got mine
I got it the hard way, the hard way

When I was five, I had to fight to keep alive
There was very little bread to eat
Fifteen before I tasted meat

Teacher said that I had inhibitions
I was just another case of malnutrition
The hard way, ain't that the hard way

She let me live in the spire room
'Cause when it rained
The rain came through, through

A song in my heart, a hole in my britches
I struck out to find my riches
Didn't have no peace to scatter my loot
Ain't no bucks in a birthday suit
The hard way, ain't that the hard way

Take your courage in your hands
Stick to things you understand
That's the way that next
You will make success out of mess

Now I drive a limousine
My shoes are keen, my suit's always clean
The hard way
I made it the hard way
I made it the hard way
I made it the hard way
I made it the hard way
I made it..........FADE


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - March 2005)