Cold Hard Facts of Life

(Bill Anderson)



I got back in town a day before I'd planned to

I smiled and said I'll sure surprise my wife

I don't think I'll phone I'll just head on home

For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life.



I passed a little winestore on the corner

I pictured pink champagne by candle light

I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in

My minds not on the cold hard facts of life.



A stranger stood there laughing by the counter

He said, ''I'll take two bottles of your best.''

Her husband's out of town and there's a party

He winkled as if to say you know the rest.



I left the store two steps behind the stranger

From there to my house his car stayed in sight

But it wasn't till he turned into my drive I learned

I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life.



I drove around the block till I was dizzy

Each time the noise came louder from within

And then I saw our bottle there beside me

And I drank a fifth of courage and walked in.



Oh, you should have seen their frantic faces

They screamed and cried please put away that knife

I guess I'll go to hell or rot here in the cell

But who told who the cold hard facts of life.



Who told who the cold hard facts of life...