Hard To Be You

Well it all began like a new routine 

We were drunk, we were tired, we were sick, we were in between 

And the jig was up when the sun went down 

It was dark, it was mean, it was black, there was not a sound 

And when the morning papers did not come

We shook our heads

We knew that we were done

And so we sat and prayed for just another try 



Throw your babies in the water

Dah Dah Dah

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters

Dah Dah Dah

They don't have to grow up like you

They're not supposed to 



Now the birds don't sing and the cars won't go

There's a lump in your throat

There's no songs on the radio 

And the walls caved in, and the well went dry, and the mountain shook

And the people all wondered why 

And in the morning I woke up to find there's someone here 

There's someone in mind and so I hung my head and

And began to cry 



Throw your babies in the water

Dah Dah Dah

Let your hair down like you used to

And tell all your sons and daughters

Dah Dah Dah

They don't have to grow up like you

They're not supposed to 



Cradled whipped and mother's tongue

It's not hard to see what went wrong 

If I told you once like I done told you twice, 

You can beg you can kneel you can pray, you'll be sacrificed 

And when the morning papers did not come

We shook our heads

We knew that we were done

And so we sat and prayed for just another try 



Throw your babies in the water

Dah Dah Dah

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters

Dah Dah Dah

They don't have to grow up like you

They're not supposed to 



Throw your babies in the water

Dah Dah Dah

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters

Dah Dah Dah

They don't have to grow up like you

They're not supposed to