Harder Cards Lyrics

Well the hammer fell down on a .44 primer Now there's one less problem in South Carolina tonight Wrong or right She just looked at me as she finished her tale And her blank expression went another shade paler grey There was nothing to say In the shadows of her face I saw the scars That you get where 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 Cause there are people that you pass by everyday With harder cards than yours in life to play Well I put the cuffs on her and I put her in the car Walked inside and he was on the floor stone dead Shot in the head There was whiskey bottles and dope by his chair And a starving baby with nothing to wear but tears You know the picture was clear He had finally pushed her farther than the line And the badge I wore had lost all of 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 Cause there are people that you pass by everyday With harder cards than yours in life to play Well I stood there thinking how justice was blind But I didn't see any and I could see just fine And I made up my mind So I took the cuffs off her and I took her back in Wiped off the gun and I wrapped it in his right hand Where it should have been And in the morning paper told in black and white Just another senseless case of suicide Oh, just a 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 Cause there are people that you pass by everyday With harder cards than yours in life to play Yeah a hammer fell down a .44 primer Now there's one less problem in South Carolina tonight