Born into a family, adorned before they damned me down I'd talk if they would listen, to all the things they're missing now It gets hard out here alone, Lord, if I'd have known Calm as a sea breeze, Mom, if you could see me now Dancing for a dollar, man, if I just called her name Gone in the morning, but company all the same It gets hard out here alone, Lord, if I'd have known If have been better, instead of what I became It gets hard out here It gets hard out here Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Praying to the Maker, maybe She will take her time Cope with what I'm facing, hoping there's no place in line It gets hard in here alone, Lord, if I'd have known I'd have tried to live it, done my best to make it mine