No Easy Way Out

Daddy left when

I was ten years old

He didn't look back

He just closed the door

At the time I didn't understand

Why daddy couldn't be a better man

It was hard on us

He wanted an easy way out

He tells the bartender

He's down on his luck

Can't hold a job, can't make a buck

He sits on a stool every day

Throws 'em down to drown the pain

You know he's working real hard

To find an easy way out

There's hanging in, there's holding on

Not giving up when things go wrong

Stepping up, standing your ground

Not running for cover

When the rain comes down

Yeah life is hard

But there's no easy way out

Now I'm sitting alone

Head in my hands

How much pain

Can a grown man stand

I've got bills to pay, and a broken heart

Just like daddy I'm falling apart

But I learned one thing

There's no easy way out

There's hanging in, there's holding on

Not giving up when things go wrong

Stepping up, standing your ground

Not running for cover

When the rain comes down

Well life is hard, but

There's no easy way out

You can say it's not fair

You can think no one cares

But you know that ain't true

There's hanging in, there's holding on

Not giving up when things go wrong

Stepping up, standing your ground

Not running for cover

When the rain comes down

Yeah life is hard

But there's no easy way out

Oh life is hard

But there's no easy way out