Hard World

Just barely 20 with a slight frame

And a hunger for something that I couldn't name

I went runnin', I went runnin'

Runnin' barefoot into the night

I got hair the color of a silkworm's dream

The prettiest little thing that you ever did see

They come runnin', they come runnin'

Anything they can do, they clamour for me

Oh, it never changes

Oh, but we carry the weight with us

Oh, it's a hard world

It all seemed like such a long time ago

They buried my story when they filled in that hole

Nobody runnin', nobody runnin'

Nobody trying to explain

I wanna wake in the woods beside the lake

Just resting my head in some moss covered glen

Oh, it never changes

Oh, but we carry the weight with us

Oh, it's a hard world

Motor oil colored hair and a white t-shirt

Now tan from the rust and the dirt

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

Oh, it never changes

Oh, but we carry the weight with us

Oh, it's a hard world for the little things

A hard world, oh

A hard world for all the lost girls

Remember me, remember me

Underneath this lonesome, awful tree

Let the roots and soil drink of me

Whispering leaves, pointing branches will tell them where I'm lying