Cold Hard Facts Of Life Lyrics - Rca Country Legends: Porter Wagoner - Porter Wagoner

I got back in town a day before I'd planned to 

I smiled and said, I'll sure surprise my wife 

I don't think I'll phone, I'll just head on home 

For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life 

I passed a little wine store on the corner 

I pictured big champagne by candle light 

I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in 

My mind not on the cold hard facts of life 

A stranger stood there laughing by the counter 

He said, "I'll take two bottles of your best" 

Her husband's out of town and there's a party 

He winkled as if to say you know the rest 

I left the store two steps behind the stranger 

From there to my house his car stayed in sight 

But it wasn't till he turned into my drive that I learned 

I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life 

I drove around the block till I was dizzy 

Each time the noise came louder from within 

And then I saw our bottle there beside me 

And I drank a fifth of courage and walked in 

Lord, you should've seen their frantic faces 

They screamed and cried, please put away that knife 

I guess I'll go to hell or I'll rot here in this cell 

But who taught who the cold hard facts of life 

Who taught who the cold hard facts of life