Harder Cards Lyrics - Kenny Rogers

Well, a hammer fell down on a .44 primer 

And that was one less problem in South Carolina tonight 

Wrong or right. 

She just looked to me as she finished her tale 

The blank expression went another pale shade of gray 

There was nothing to say. 

In the shadows of her face I saw the scars 

That you get when you live where love is hard 

And she said, 

"Don't you sit and judge me from some high and mighty seat." 

"Don't you shrug it off until you've walked a mile in my bare feet." 

"There are people that you pass by every day 

With harder cards than yours in life to play." 

Well, I put the cuffs on her and sat her in the car 

Walked inside, he was layin' on the floor stone dead 

Been shot in the head. 

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There were whiskey bottles and dope by the chair 

A starving baby with nothing to wear but tears 

So the picture was clear. 

He had finally pushed her way across the line 

And the badge I wore was losing all its shine 

And she said, 

"Don't you sit and judge me from some high and mighty seat." 

"Don't you shrug it off until you've walked a mile in my bare feet." 

"There are people that you pass by every day 

With harder cards than yours in life to play." 

I just stood there thinkin' how justice is blind 

But after thirty five years you learn to read the signs 

So I made up my mind. 

I took the cuffs oof her and I walked her back in 

Wiped the gun off and wrapped it in his right hand 

Where it should've been. 

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And the morning paper read in black and white 

It's just another senseless case of suicide 

Suicide. 

Oh, but don't you sit and judge me from some high and mighty seat 

Don't you shrug it off until you've walked a mile along my beat 

There are people that you pass by every day 

With harder cards than yours in life to play. 

Well, a hammer fell down on a .44 Primer 

And that was one less problem in South Carolina tonight...