Emmylou Harris - It's A Hard Live Wherever You Go Lyrics
I am a backseat driver from AmericaWe drive to the left on Falls RoadAnd the man at the wheel's name is SeamusWe pass a child on the corner he knowsAnd Seamus says, now what chance has that kid gotAnd I say from the back, I don't knowHe says there's barbed wire at all of these exitsAnd there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard lifeIt's a hard life wherever you goAnd if we poison our children with hatredThen the hard life is all that they'll knowCafeteria line in ChicagoThe fat man in front of meIs calling black people trash to his childrenAnd he's the only trash here I seeAnd I am thinking this man wears a white hoodIn the night when his children should sleepBut they'll slip to their windows and they'll see himAnd they'll think that white hood's all they need'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard lifeIt's a hard life wherever you goAnd if we poison our children with hatredThen the hard life is all that they'll knowI was a child in the SixtiesWhen dreams could be held through T.VWith Disney and Cronkite and Martin LutherAnd I believed, I believed, I believedNow I am the backseat driver from AmericaAnd I am not at the wheel of controlAnd I am guilty, I am war, and I am the root of all evilLord, and I can't drive on the left side of the road'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard lifeIt's a hard life wherever you goAnd if we poison our children with hatredThen the hard life is all that they'll knowAnd there ain't no place in this world for those kids to go'Cause it's a hard life wherever you go
