[C]I got back in town a [G7]day before I'd [C]planned to
I [G7]smiled and said I'll sure surprise my [C]wife
[F]I don't think I'll call [C]I'll just get on home
For I didn't know the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
I passed a little [G7]wine store on the [C]corner
I [G7]pictured pink champagne by candle [C]light
I [F]stopped the car right then got [C]out and hurried in
My mind not on the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
A [F]stranger stood there laughing at the [C]counter
He [G7]said I'll have two bottles of your [C]best
Her [F]husband's out of town and there's a [C]party
He winked as if to say you know the [G7]rest
I [C]left the store two [G7]steps behind the [C]stranger
From [G7]there to my house his car stayed in [C]sight
It [F]wasn't till he turned [C]into my drive that I learned
I was witnessing the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
I [F]drove around the block till I was [C]dizzy
Each [G7]time the noise came louder from with[C]in
And [F]then I saw our bottle there be[C]side me
I drank a fifth of courage and walked [G7]in
[C]Lord you should have [G7]seen their frantic [C]faces
They [G7]screamed and cried please put away that [C]knife
I [F]think I'll go to hell or [C]I'll rot here in this cell
But who taught who the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
But who taught who the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
I [G7]smiled and said I'll sure surprise my [C]wife
[F]I don't think I'll call [C]I'll just get on home
For I didn't know the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
I passed a little [G7]wine store on the [C]corner
I [G7]pictured pink champagne by candle [C]light
I [F]stopped the car right then got [C]out and hurried in
My mind not on the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
A [F]stranger stood there laughing at the [C]counter
He [G7]said I'll have two bottles of your [C]best
Her [F]husband's out of town and there's a [C]party
He winked as if to say you know the [G7]rest
I [C]left the store two [G7]steps behind the [C]stranger
From [G7]there to my house his car stayed in [C]sight
It [F]wasn't till he turned [C]into my drive that I learned
I was witnessing the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
I [F]drove around the block till I was [C]dizzy
Each [G7]time the noise came louder from with[C]in
And [F]then I saw our bottle there be[C]side me
I drank a fifth of courage and walked [G7]in
[C]Lord you should have [G7]seen their frantic [C]faces
They [G7]screamed and cried please put away that [C]knife
I [F]think I'll go to hell or [C]I'll rot here in this cell
But who taught who the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
But who taught who the [G7]cold hard facts of [C]life
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