Hard, Ain't It Hard
Love's Struggle: A Tale of Betrayal and Heartache
Lyrics
There is a house in this old town
Refers to a house in the town where the speaker's true love resides.
And that's where my true love lays around
Indicates that the speaker's true love spends time around the mentioned house.
And he takes other women right down on his knee
Describes the true love's unfaithfulness by taking other women on his knee (showing affection).
And he tells them a little tale he won't tell me
Expresses the speaker's frustration at not being told the same tales by their true love.
It's a-hard and it's hard, ain't it hard
Highlights the difficulty and hardship of loving someone who doesn't reciprocate.
To love one that never did love you?
Presents a rhetorical question about the challenges of loving someone who never loved the speaker.
It's a-hard and it's hard, ain't it hard, great God
Reiterates the difficulty of the situation and invokes a plea to God for understanding.
To love one that never will be true?
Poses another rhetorical question, emphasizing the challenge of loving someone who won't be true.
First time I seen my true love
Recalls the first encounter with the true love as he walked by the speaker's door.
He was walkin' by my door
Describes the initial sighting of the true love.
The next time I saw his false hearted smile
Notes the false-hearted smile of the true love during a subsequent meeting.
He was layin' dead and cold on floor
Reveals the fate of the true love, lying dead and cold on the floor.
Well, who's goin' to kiss your ruby lips?
Ponders who will have the privilege of kissing the true love's lips.
And who's goin' to hold you to his breast?
Questions who will hold the true love to their breast.
And who will talk your future over
Asks who will discuss the future with the true love while the speaker is away.
While I'm out ramblin' in the West?
Reflects on the speaker's absence, being out rambling in the West.
Don't go to drinkin' or to gamblin'
Advises against resorting to drinking or gambling as a way to cope with sorrows.
Don't go there, your sorrows to drown
Repeats the warning against seeking solace in vices.
That hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace
Denounces a specific place serving hard liquor as a disgraceful and mean location.
It's the meanest old place in this town
Describes the named liquor place as the meanest in the town.
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