Is your heart beating hard when you see the lawman Do you feel like you've run your last mile When you're out in the cold with the blue lights flashin' Something waits at the end of your trial A short life of trouble and a long time being wrong A hard life makes a good song A hard life makes a good song Does she take all you give, just to call her baby And you know she's just playing a game When you lay in your bed with one eye open Something waits at the end of your pain A short life of trouble and a long time being wrong A hard life makes a good song A hard life makes a good song When you're singing your song and you really mean it There's a power in what you have said If the words that they hear have them believin' Everyone in the room nods their head A short life of trouble and a long time being wrong A hard life makes a good song A hard life makes a good song You know a hard life makes a good song MetroLyrics