And it's a hard life   For a man with no wife   Babe, it's a hard life   God makes you live      But without it   Don't doubt it   You don't even have   Your tears to give      I wake up and I'm fine   With my dreamings still on my mind   But it don't take long, you see   For the demons to come and visit me      And I've got my problems   Sometimes love don't solve them   And I end each day   In a song      And it's a hard life   For a man with no wife   Lord, it's a hard life   God makes you live      But without it   Baby, don't doubt it   You don't even have   Your tears to give      I know I'm a hard man   To live with sometimes   Maybe it ain't in me   To make you a happy wife of mine      Maybe you'll kill me   Honey I don't blame you   If I was in your place   Maybe that's what I would do      But I ain't breathing, let me breathe   Let me go, let me leave   I don't know, but I might lose   I might bum, might blow a fuse      So let me go   Lay it down   On my own   Let me drown      Let me go   Go where you don't know