American Aquarium - Tough Folks lyrics

I'm caught in the shadows, the American South
Somewhere between hypocrite and hallelujah
Six generations of barely gettin' by
Six generations of "Hey, what's it to ya?"
When the only thing harder than
The work is the luck
The outcome's as hopeful as the evenin' news
And last November I saw firsthand
What desperation makes good people do

Life ain't fair
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
Tough times don't last tough folks do

See I come from a long
Line of Carolina farmers
For years, tobacco was the answer
It kept the lights on and
Put food on the table
'Til the doctors started callin' it cancer
So we took to the hills
Of the Blue Ridge Mountains
With a harvest of corn and some copper line
And we found you can get
A little slice of heaven
With some sugar yeast water and
A whole lotta time

Life ain't fair
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
Tough times don't last but tough folks do

Where I'm from a man's only worth
The weight of his word and
Respect ain't handed out, it's earned
I've been runnin' with my back to
The wall for seventeen years now
And if it's one thing that I've learned, it's

Life ain't fair
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
Tough times don't last but tough folks do

Life ain't fair saddle up, saddle up
Life ain't fair saddle up, saddle up
Life ain't fair
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
Tough times don't last but tough folks do
Tough times don't last but tough folks do