"Hard Way To Go" lyrics

Here comes Honey walkin' down the street
Rico's sittin' out in front of the Texaco but their eyes never meet
He moves on up beside her, her name's still tattooed on his arm
As Honey turns around Rico turns on his charm
He says, baby baby, I don't know what happened to our sweet romance
We should tried a little harder, 'cause Honey

It's just a hard way to go
When you got nothin' to show now
It's just a hard way to go
And I'll be movin' on down the road
It's just a hard way to go

Lenny's down at the poolhall, just another Tuesday night
A few of the boys are holdin' court in the back alley underneath the streetlight
Passin' round the bottle, talkin' the usual trash
Somebody pulls out a deck of cards, lays down some cold hard cash
A red faced Jack and a last C-note
Here comes that black Queen again and man that was all she wrote

It's a hard way to go
When you got nothin' to show now
It's just a hard way to go
And I'll be movin' on down the road
It's just a hard way to go

Frankie had himself a good job, had a good woman too
And he worked real hard at both, did the best that he could do
One day his job moved down South, and his wife moved out West
One day he moved out into the street, he was placed under arrest
Now ain't it funny, ain't it sad in the way
Sometimes you get somethin' for nothin' and for nothin' get somethin' taken away

It's a hard way to go
When you got nothin' to show now
It's just a hard way to go
And I'll be movin' on down the road
It's just a hard way to go
When you got nothin' to show now
It's just a hard way to go
And I'll be movin' on down the road
It's just a hard way to go