Most nights she keeps a very sharp knife   Next to a burning stove   So, so hot that the water tops off   And she tumbles down onto the floor      She holds her head in her hands   What a cruel heaven she must have      But it's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world   And we both know   It's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world      Her hand grabs a heavy lead pipe   The one that used to let her know   How hard her Daddy could hit   She remembers that on the floor      She holds her head in her hands   What a cruel heaven she must have      But it's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world   And we both know   It's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world      Heard the man for mayor did this thing   So you crossed the street to let him see   Long time since that weekend fling and he   Got to see his old sweetie all grown      It's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world   And we both know   It's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world      It's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world   And we both know   It's alright, well it's alright   It's just a hard old world