Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I got back in town a day before I’d planned to
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I smiled and said I’ll sure surprise my wife
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I don’t think I’ll phone, I’ll just head on home
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For I didn’t know the cold hard facts of life

[Verse 2]
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I passed a little wine store on the corner
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I pictured pink champagne by candlelight
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I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in
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My mind not on the cold hard facts of life

[Verse 3]
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A stranger stood there laughing by the counter
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He said “I’ll take two bottles of your best
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Her husband’s out of town and there’s a party”
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He winkled as if to say “You know the rest”

[Verse 4]
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I left the store two steps behind the stranger
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From there to my house his car stayed in sight
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But it wasn’t till he turned into my drive that I learned
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I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life

[Verse 5]
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I drove around the block till I was dizzy
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Each time the noise came louder from within
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And then I saw our bottle there beside me
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And I drank a fifth of courage and walked in

[Verse 6]
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Lord you should’ve seen their frantic faces
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They screamed and cried please put away that knife
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I guess I’ll go to hell or I’ll rot here in the cell
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But who taught who the cold hard facts of life
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Who taught who the cold hard facts of life