Lyrics

Empty bottles and wasted time
I got nothin' to show for
All my wasted time
Except a troubled, worried mind
I got nothin' to show for wasted time

And hard livin' don't come cheap
The stakes are high and the price is steep
When you're in deep with hard livin', you're playin' for keeps

Livin' poor, out on the fringes
Motel benders and cocaine binges
The doors are closin'
Comin' off they're hinges when hard livin'
Has got you in it's clinches

And old habits are hard to kick
When you've got demons to drown
And a mind to trick you're fallin' quick
When hard livin' has got you in it's grips

Playin' your heart and traveling hard
In truck stop diners and small town bars
With pretty much nothin'
But a few blues harps
Hard livin' don't care who you are

And hard livin' don't come cheap
The stakes are high and the price is steep
when you're in deep with hard livin', you're playin' for keeps