Kenny Rogers - Harder Cards lyrics

Well, a hammer fell down on a 44 primer
And that was one less problem
In South Carolina tonight wrong or right

She just looked to me as
She finished her tale
The blank expression went another
Pale shade of gray there was nothing to say

In the shadows of her face I saw the scars
That you get when you live where love is hard
And she said

"Don't you sit and judge me from
Some high and mighty seat"
"Don't you shrug it off until you've walked
A mile in my bare feet"
"There are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play"

Well, I put the cuffs on her
And sat her in the car walked inside
He was layin' on the floor stone dead
Been shot in the head

There were whiskey bottles and
Dope by the chair
A starving baby with nothing
To wear but tears so the picture was clear

He had finally pushed her way across the line
And the badge I wore was
Losing all it's shine and she said

"Don't you sit and judge me from
Some high and mighty seat"
"Don't you shrug it off until you've walked
A mile in my bare feet"
"There are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play"

I just stood there thinkin'
How justice is blind
But after thirty five years you
Learn to read the signs so I made up my mind

I took the cuffs oof her and
I walked her back in
Wiped the gun off and wrapped
It in his right hand where it should've been

And the morning paper read in black and white
It's just another senseless case of suicide
Suicide

Oh, but don't you sit and judge me
From some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off until you've
Walked a mile along my beat
There are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play

Well, a hammer fell down on a 44 Primer
And that was one less problem
In South Carolina tonight