Well smoking dope is dopey; gets you busted by old Smokey
And it's no aid to love Jesus or yourself
Well, I guess that's why I do it; I'm trying to get through it
And die before I have to ask for help

It's a hard life and everybody knows
It's quite a feat how they keep stepping on your toes
It's a hard life so people get ready
They give you loose gravel and call it rocksteady
They give you loose gravel and call it rocksteady

There's a redneck bummer in an H2 Hummer
And he sure does hate the queers
I guess some life choices are cries for help
That nobody ever hears

It's a hard life and everybody knows
It's quite a feat how they keep stepping on your toes
It's a hard life so people get ready
They give you loose gravel and call it rocksteady
They give you loose gravel and call it rocksteady

It's a hard life

Well I've been sitting here for days just counting all the ways
Everybody done me wrong
Too stoned to understand that all my big plans
Was only gonna end up a song

It's a hard life and everybody knows
It's quite a feat how they keep stepping on your toes
It's a hard life so people get ready
They give you loose gravel and call it rocksteady
They give you loose gravel and call it rocksteady

It's a hard life