Capo 1
Intro:
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Verse 1:
Just barely twenty with a slight frame
And a hunger for something that I couldn t name
I went running, I went running
Running barefoot into the night
Verse 2:
I got hair the color of a silkworm s dream
The prettiest little thing that you ever did see
They come running, they come running
Anything they can do, they clamor for me
Chorus:
(Ohhhhh) It never changes
(Ohhhhh) But we carry the weight with us
(Ohhhhh) It s a hard world
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
It all seems such a long time ago
They buried my story when they filled in that hole
Nobody running, nobody running
Nobody trying to explain
Middle bit:
I wanna wake in the woods beside the lake, just
Resting my head, in some moss covered glen
Chorus:
(Ohhhhh) It never changes
(Ohhhhh) But we carry the weight with us
(Ohhhhh) It s a hard world
Verse 4:
Motor oil coloured hair and a white t-shirt
Now tan from the rust and the dirt
Bridge:
Nobody calls for me, nobody hunts for me
They don t seem to know I m gone
The other girls and me resting under this tree
Are green with envy at the attention you draw
Chorus:
(Ohhhhh) It never changes
(Ohhhhh) But we carry the weight with us
(Ohhhhh) It s a hard world
For the little things
A hard world, oh oh oh
A hard wor- or- or- or- old
For all the lost girls
End:
Remember me, remember me
underneath this lonesome awful tree
Let the roots and soil drink of me
Whispering leaves and pointing branches will tell them where I m lying