Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard
To love one who never did love you
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard Great God
To love one who never will be true.
Well there is a house in this old town
And thatâs where my true love lays around
And she sits down upon anotherâs knee (do tell)
And tells him what she never will tell me.
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard (oh yes)
To love one who never did love you
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard Great God
To love one who never will be true.
Oh well the first time I seen my true love
She was aâstanding aâby my door
And the last time I seen her false-hearted smile
She was dead on that barroom floor. (porter)
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard (oh yes)
To love one who never did love you
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard Great God
To love one who never will be true.
Well whoâs gonna kiss your ruby lips?
Whoâs gonna hold your little hand?
And whoâs gonna do, well--you know what!
When Iâm down in that promised land? (hey)
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard (oh yes)
To love one who never did love you
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard Great God
To love one who never will be true. (pick it)
Oh well donât drinkinâ and gamblinâ
Donât go there your sorrows for to drown
Oh well this hard liquor place is a low down disgrace
Itâs the meanest darn place in this town.
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard (oh yes)
To love one who never did love you
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard Great God
To love one who never will be true. (here we go)
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard (oh yes)
To love one who never did love you
Oh well itâs hard, ainât it hard, ainât it hard Great God
To love one who never will be true.
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz@worldnet.att.net