And it's hard to keep from cryin'
Wouldn't come through that old door frame where the door
She thinks about when night time lays on down
And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
Is several inches from the ground, the cold hard ground
She sits down to the table with her friends and several others
In the early part of autumn
And she learned to make jewelry out of stones and precious metals
In the early part of autumn
And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to lose a lover
Now the winter wind blows cold upon a fair and gentle soul
And it's hard to go down easy
The last time that I saw her she was makin' sure the winter
In the early part of autumn
And it's hard to lose a lover
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
Her friends are sometimes lovers though they'll always be another
And she tries real hard to never be alone
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to lose a lover
And it's hard to lose a lover
Well, she learned to cook the meals and she learned to start the fire
And she feels as if her time is passin' easy