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Party of Five
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It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go
Lyricist:Nanci Griffith
I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road And the man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner, he knows
And Seamus says, 'Now, what chance has that kid got?' And I say from the back, 'I don't know' He says, 'There's barbed wire at all of these exits And there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go'
It's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go And if we poison our children with hatred Then the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't no place in Belfast for that kids to go
Cafeteria line in Chicago The fat man in front of me Is calling black people trash to his children And he's the only trash here I see
And I'm thinking this man wears a white hood In the night when his children should sleep But they'll slip to their window and they'll see him Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And they'll think that white hood's all they need
It's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go And if we poison our children with hatred Then the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't no place in Chicago for those kids to go
I was a child in the sixties And dreams could be held through TV With Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther And I believed, I believed, I believed
Now I am the backseat driver from America And I am not at the wheel of control And I am guilty, I am war and I am the root of all evil Lord, I can't drive on the left side of the road
It's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go And if we poison our children with hatred Then the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't no place in this world for these kids to go For it's a hard life wherever you go
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