Hard, Ain't It Hard

First time I seen my true love

He was walkin' by my door

The last time I saw his false-hearted smile

Dead on his cooling-board

It's a-hard and it's hard

Ain't it hard

To love one that never did love you?

Hard, and it's hard

Ain't it hard, great God

To love one that never will be true?

There is a house in this old town

That's where my true love lays around

He takes other women right down on his knee

Tells them a little tale that he won't tell me

Hard, and it's hard

Ain't it hard

To love one that never did love you?

Hard, and it's hard

Ain't it hard, great God

To love one that never will be true?

Don't go to drinkin' and a-gamblin'

Don't go there your sorrows to drown

This hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace

It's the meanest damn place in this town

It's hard and it's hard

Ain't it hard

To love one that never did love you?

Hard, and it's hard

Ain't it hard, great God

To love one that never will be true?

It was late last night when my true love come in

Rappin', rappin' on my door

I jumped out in a fit of jealousy

Said, "True love, don't knock here anymore"

It's hard and it's hard

Ain't it hard

To love one that never did love you?

Hard, and it's hard

Ain't it hard, great God

To love one that never will be true?