Hard Ain't it Hard

Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard (oh, yes)
to love one who never did love you.
Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard, great God,
to love one who never did love you?

Well, there is a house in this old town.
That's where my true love lays around.
She sits down upon another's knee (do tell)
and tells him what she never will tell me.

Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard (oh, yes)
to love one who never did love you.
Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard, great God,
to love one who never did love you?

The first time I seen my true love
she was a-standin' by my door,
And the last time I seen her false-hearted smile,
she was dead on that bar room floor! (Poor girl!)

Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard (oh, yes)
to love one who never did love you.
Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard, great God,
to love one who never did love you?

Well, who's gonna kiss your ruby lips?
Who's gonna hold your little hand?
Who's gonna do, well, you know what,
when I'm down in that promised land?

Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard (oh, yes)
to love one who never did love you.
Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard, great God,
to love one who never did love you?

Well, don't go drinkin' and gamblin'.
Don't go there your sorrows for to drown.
This hard liquor place is a low-down disgrace.
It's the meanest darn place in this town!

Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard (oh, yes)
to love one who never did love you.
Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard?
Ain't it hard, great God,
to love one who never did love you?