[Lyric] Hard Hand (Aaron Burdett)

[Verse 1]
Snow lays heavy on the ground
I need to work, but I can't get out
We've got food for a week or two
I guess we've got what we need for now
I worked a job for a man I called a neighbor
Decided he was rich enough that he didn't have to pay me
But he used me as long as he could
Then he cursed me and sent me on my way

[Chorus]
Life dealt us a hard hand
It's been too long now we've been down
When I gather it up, we've got just enough
Doin' the best we can with a hard hand
Hard hand

[Verse 2]
The bills are all behind
The ends aren't gonna meet
The numbers circle round and round
And they keep me from my sleep
When my wife got sick, all they could find
Was a bill for six months' earnings, put us farther behind
We're better off than many others I can think of
But that doesn't make it any easier for us
[Chorus]
Life dealt us a hard hand
It's been too long now we've been down
When I gather it up, we've got just enough
Doin' the best we can with a hard hand

[Bridge]
Those who have got it are only gettin' more
And those of us who don't, we're only gettin' poorer
And a man and a woman mean nothin' in the eyes
Of the banks and the companies that are runnin' our lives
And this might be where we have to take our stand
Not like our forefathers defendin' this land
Not for God or country or a master plan
But just the right to feed a family as an honest workin' man

[Chorus]
Life dealt us a hard hand
It's been too long now we've been down
When I gather it up, we've got just enough
Doin' the best we can with a hard hand
Hard hand
Hard hand