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Nanci Griffith( Nanci Caroline Griffith )
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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
A 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 slip to their window and they see him And they think that white hood's all they need Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com
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 that kids to go
I was a child in the sixties 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 I am guilty, I am war, and I am the root of all evil Lord, and 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 that kids to go It's a hard life wherever you go
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