The Hardest Cut

You took off in the dead of night

But before you did, got your hair combed right, yeah

The neighborhood watch knows the score

And they're knockin' at your door, let 'em knock some more

They're sayin' you need a little protection

But followin' the leader gonna turn you off the religion

It's comin' down, the hardest cut

World wars in your mind

Long day into night, the hardest cut

We live on a knife

Here it come now, here it come now

Here it is, the hardest cut

I took off in the dead of night

But before I did, got my affairs in order and my boots on

The hallelujah choir needs a score

And they're knockin' at my door, let 'em knock some more

They're sayin' I need a little direction

But followin' the leader gonna turn me off the religion

Oh, it's comin' down, the hardest cut

World wars in my mind

Long day into night, the hardest cut

We live on a knife

Here it come now, here it come now

Here it is, the hardest cut

It's comin' down, the hardest cut

World wars in my mind

Long day into night, the hardest cut

Who's takin' a life?

Here it come now, here it come now

Here it is, the hardest cut