Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Michelle Shocked
Canonical path: /michelle-shocked/hard-way
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hard Way
Read Hard Way lyrics by Michelle Shocked on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hard Way
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If I was smart I would take your advice
But I am not and so I have to think twice
Never a lesson have I learned
Without first being burned
Oh, the troubles I've known!
I seem to learn everything the hard way
I'm not old enough to be on my own
But I'm much too old to stay
I was about to tell you the truth
All the mistakes of my wasted youth
And why I didn't make it home on time
But you would have thought
I was only lying
I always believed I ran away
But now I know I was told to go
Maybe it's worked out better this way
What could you say I didn't already know?
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Michelle Shocked performs "Hard Way", and this lyric page sits inside the Michelle Shocked catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to The Cement Lament and 5 AM in Amsterdam with a short reason for opening each page next.
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