Drive-By Truckers - A World of Hurt lyrics

Once upon a time
My advice to you would've been go
Out and find yourself a whore
But, I guess I've grown up
'Cause, I don't give that
Kind of advice anymore

It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt

And I was twenty-seven
When I figured out that blowing my
Brains out wasn't the answer so I decided
Maybe I should find a way to make
This world work out for me
And my good friend Paul was eighty-three
When he told me to love is to feel pain
And I thought about that a lot back then
And I think about that again and again



It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt

"To love is to feel pain"
There ain't no way around it
The very nature of love is to
Grieve when it is over
The secret to a happy ending is
Knowing when to roll the credit's
Better roll them now before
Something else goes wrong
It's a wonderful world if you
Can put aside the sadness
And hang on to every ounce of beauty upon you
Better take the time to know it
If you feel anything at all

It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt

So if what you have is working for you
Or you think that it
Stands a reasonable chance
And if whatever's broken seems fixable
And nothing's beyond repair
If you still think about each other and smile
Before you remember how screwed
Up it's gotten
Or maybe still dream of a time less rotten
Remember, it ain't too late to
Take a deep breath
And throw yourself into it
With everything you've got
It's great to be alive

It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt
It's gonna be a world of hurt