Clay Anderson Johnson
The Hard Way
Verse 1
Joanie makes money the hard way
She’s out there workin’ the street
She’s selling her body
Just like it was a piece of meat
She gets spit on by some fat slob
You know he’s one hell of a guy
Gets abuse for doing her job
It makes you want to cry
Chorus
She makes money the hard way
She is an angel dragged down into the dirt
She makes money the hard way
You know she’s livin’ in a world of hurt
She makes money the hard way
Gets whipped on by some pimp who really ain’t a man
She makes money the hard way
Why can’t you understand
Verse 2
Some day she’ll overdose
No one will even care
Lived her life as a ghost
No one saw her although they might stop and stare
This is life in New York City
One of the richest places in the world
There’s no hope and there’s no pity
For someone who is just a little girl
Bridge
Every night I pray
This doesn’t happen any more
Each time I say
Inside a a saint, outside just a whore
What is wrong with people who treat other people this way
I just can’t understand you, but it still happens every day
Chorus
She makes money the hard way
She is an angel dragged down into the dirt
She makes money the hard way
You know she’s livin’ in a world of hurt
She makes money the hard way
Gets whipped on by some pimp who really ain’t a man
She makes money the hard way
Why can’t you understand
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