Gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face
You used to make it all so very clear
A loser in her heart but in her face
Momma, it’s so hard to carry on
Momma, it’s a sad and lonely life
A misty morning rider, she came wanderin' through the hills
A lonely girl who’d traveled many days
Momma, it’s a sad and lonely life
And I feel I’m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
A wanderin' soul appearin' over rainy window sills
Momma, it’s so hard to carry on
And she said, "Momma, it’s a hard life now you’re gone"
You used to make it all so very clear
A smile for everyone under God’s grace
Momma, it’s so hard to carry on
You used to make it all so very clear
And I feel I’m a fool who lost it all
And I feel I’m a fool who lost it all
And she said, "Momma, it’s a hard life now you’re gone"
And I feel I’m a fool who lost it all
And I feel I’m a fool who lost it all
That life must go on though the end is near
Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place?
A lady lost in nowhere but her stare
And she said, "Momma, it’s a hard life now you’re gone"
Leaves the world, her life to start somewhere
Momma, it’s a hard life now you’re gone
Momma, it’s so hard to carry on
A lonely heart that could not find the way
That life must go on though the end is near
And she said, "Momma, it’s a hard life now you’re gone"
Momma, it’s so hard to carry on
