Times are hard
Like the callouses on my skin
Hard like the liquor
I try to drown my troubles in
After hours and hours of real hard work
that don’t pay near enough
in this hard steel mill town that brought me up
We all say we’ll make a change when the time is right
I first said those words three years ago tomorrow night
Daddy said, “Remember son
when your back’s against the wall
Faith that ain’t been tested
that ain’t faith at all
And every tough hand that you’re dealt
comes with a victim card
but it ain’t worth a damn
Nothing’s worth a damn if it ain’t hard”
So I pray real hard each night
lying in this twin sized bed
to a God who lived a real hard life
Died a real hard death
He rolled that big hard stone away
and they found out He was gone
So He could be the hard rock
I’m standing on
That faith of mine, it must be smaller than a mustard seed
’cause if I knew just what I had, then I’d have all I need
Daddy said, “Remember son
when your back’s against the wall
Faith that ain’t been tested
that ain’t faith at all
And every tough hand that you’re dealt
comes with a victim card
but it ain’t worth a damn
Nothing’s worth a damn if it ain’t hard”
Chorus
So I took a breath real deep
before that faithful leap
I’ve heard the first step is the hardest part
TONY CASTRICONE 