He's got a mountain of bills, he's got on his hands There's been three generations that's been the land Here's his ghost sayin' Son, everyone face the long hard truth
And it be up to you to do The hardest you'll ever have to do
Holdin' on, lettin' go, right or wrong, hard to know You do best and leave the rest To chance, fate, God or Whatever you through
She can't the fear in her little boy's eyes Dad has come home actin' too many times My mamma's on the telephone saying Child, sometimes you gotta about mournin' you
And you might be forced to The hardest thing ever have to do
Holdin' on, lettin' go, right or wrong, hard to know You do your best, the rest To chance, fate, God or Whatever gets you through, whatever you through
Now gonna find themselves a fork in the road No direction, wondering which way to go And it like hell, your conscience burns Any way you turn you
Sometimes just getting through be The hardest you'll ever have to do
on, lettin' go, right or wrong, it's hard to know You do your and leave the rest To chance, fate, God or Whatever gets you through, whatever you through, yeah
The hardest (The hardest thing, the thing) It might be hardest thing to do, yeah (The thing, the hardest thing)
The thing, the hardest thing The hardest thing, the thing (You might face your own truth) The hardest thing, the hardest