Hardship Blues (What Ya Gonna Do?)

Verse
The moon’s been hidin', behind that ole smokestack,
Streets are cryin', they want their night back.
Cobblestones whisper, secrets to the rats,
Down in the alleys, where the lost dreams are at.

Chorus
What ya gonna do, when the cold wind blows?
When the fire in your soul, is just embers and shadows?
Hardship blues, gotcha singin' the tune,
Life's a crooked game, played by a broken moon.

Verse
Rusty chains clank, against the midnight hour,
Whiskey drips slow, from a bottle gone sour.
Old Joe’s still preachin', ‘bout the end of the line,
Got a cardboard cathedral, and a sermon of grime.

Chorus
What ya gonna do, when the cold wind blows?
When the fire in your soul, is just embers and shadows?
Hardship blues, gotcha singin' the tune,
Life's a crooked game, played by a broken moon.

Bridge
Cigarette glowin', in a hand full of scars,
Cheap wine flowin', in these rundown bars.
Dreams are like paper, burnin' too fast,
In a world full of echoes, from a shattered past.

Verse
Train’s long gone, from the railroad tracks,
Leaves a heart full of questions, and a soul full of cracks.
Mama’s old Bible, sittin’ dusty on the shelf,
Preachin’ redemption, to a man that’s lost himself.

Chorus
What ya gonna do, when the cold wind blows?
When the fire in your soul, is just embers and shadows?
Hardship blues, gotcha singin' the tune,
Life's a crooked game, played by a broken moon.

Outro
So here’s to the drifters, and the hearts torn in two,
Singin' the hardship blues, under skies painted blue.
We keep on rollin', through the thick and the thin,
Playin' a hand, we know we can’t win.