Lord, this life is a hard
Saw my shadow on the wall
Saw my love nowhere at all
Saw my life as a hard thing
When you're born, they carry you
When you're gone, they bury you
In between, you're on your own
Hard to stand there all alone
Someone's crying down the hall
Dying cries, they tell it all
Lord, this life is a hard thing to live
And harder still to leave
When you're born, they carry you
When you're gone, they bury you
In between, you're on your own
Hard to stand there all alone
Lord, this hill is hard to climb
I'm gonna climb it one more time
Lord, this life is a hard thing to live
And harder still to leave