The Hard Way

Well, I was looking for my exit on the interstate sign But the wind went and blew it down I took a wrong right turn 'bout a half a mile back My direction's all spun around Through the sideways rain and the love and the shame Watched the sunlight disappear Then the sun so black said, "You'll never make it back 'Til you do some hard time out here" God gave me the rain To wash away my pain And learn from bad mistakes I made The hard way, yeah The rain let up as I came to a stop Right between two cotton fields I saw a cold black crow and an old dead tree Staring right back at me Well, I wanted to surrender as my eyes went blind And the thunderbolt split the sky I noticed I was heading down the same dirt road That Robert Johnson sang about Well, God gave me the rain To wash away my pain And learn from bad mistakes I made The hard way, yeah Well, God gave me the rain To wash away my pain And learn from bad mistakes I made The hard way, yeah God gave me the rain To wash away my pain And learn from bad mistakes I made The hard way Well, God gave me the rain To wash away my pain And learn from bad mistakes I made The hard way Yeah, the hard way, yeah The hard way Yeah, the hard way Always the hard way Always the hard way