I've got a friend spent some time in jail Told me he wishes he was back in his old cell It's cold outside the darkness never flows And he can't hide from the ugly truth I know a girl who's got an ivory heart She loves in vain and it's leaving needle marks Says it getting hurt changes everything And she can't hide from the ugly truth Hallelujah We shall understand some sunny day Hallelujah Till then we'll keep our troubles locked away Try to hide from the ugly truth But we can't hide from the ugly truth I saw the devil talkin' on TV men of the people It what he claims to be Surely hell is coming Jesus please save us cause we can't hide From the ugly truth Hallelujah We shall understand some sunny day Hallelujah Till then we'll keep our troubles locked away Try to hide from the ugly truth But we can't hide from the ugly truth I met a man he's got a secret soul He kept his diamonds in a mind As black as coal found him true love And got his dreams paroled Now I can't hide from the ugly truth Hallelujah We shall understand some sunny day Hallelujah Till then we'll keep our troubles locked away And try to hide from the ugly truth But we can't hide from the ugly truth