Ain't It Hard - Wild Evel and the Trashbones

I've been tryin' for a very long time To get my business, my business straight If you don't know how, to push me on the line Baby you got it 'till the end of the time It ain't what you do, it's how you do It ain't what you've been through It's how you've been through Sticks and stones I'm a workin' on the road Try to get yourself as high if you can I can give my boogie if you want to dance It ain't what you do, it's how you do It ain't what you've been through It's why you've been through (Guitar solo) Verse 1 It ain't what you do, it's how you do It ain't what you've been through It's why you've been through Ain't what you're doin', ain't what you're doin' Ain't what you're doin', ain't what you're doin' Ain't what you do is how you do It ain't what you've been through It's how you've been through

It ain't right to put our lives into the hands of thieves and liars And I know you say I'll have to wait in line at least for now but it ain't Am right Is it time to raise my hand, Or should I even take a stand this time, On what's going wrong I keep working all the time, The more we work the more we get behind, And they don't mind Cause it ain't right to put our lives into the hands of thieves and liars And I know you say I have to wait in line at least for now but it ain't right Dying on foreign land, Still never seems to make much sense, We do it all the do And the ones who started, Never ending lines of talking heads, And one single mile, No no Cause It ain't right to put our lives into the hands of thieves and liars And I know you say I'll have to wait in line at least for now but it ain't right, It ain't right, It ain't right SOLO It ain't right to put our lives into the hands of thieves and liars And I know you say I'll have to wait in liar for know Cause It ain't right to put our lives into the hands of thieves and liars And I know you say I'll have to wait in line at least for now but it ain't right, It ain't right, It ain't right It ain't right

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