The Hardest Thing Lyrics - Van Zant

He's got a mountain of bills, he's got dirt on his hands 

There's been three generations that's been workin' the land 

Here's his granddaddy's ghost sayin' 

Son, everyone gotta face the long hard truth 

And it might be up to you to do 

The hardest thing you'll ever have to do 

Holdin' on, lettin' go, right or wrong, it's hard to know 

You do your best and leave the rest 

To chance, fate, God or grace 

Whatever gets you through 

She can't stand the fear in her little boy's eyes 

Dad has come home actin' crazy too many times 

My mamma's on the telephone line saying 

Child, sometimes you gotta think about mournin' you 

And you might be forced to chose 

The hardest thing you'll ever have to do 

Holdin' on, lettin' go, right or wrong, it's hard to know 

You do your best, leave the rest 

To chance, fate, God or grace 

Whatever gets you through, whatever gets you through 

Now everybody's gonna find themselves a fork in the road 

No clear direction, wondering which way to go 

And it hurts like hell, your conscience burns 

Any way you turn you lose 

Sometimes just getting through might be 

The hardest thing you'll ever have to do 

Holdin' on, lettin' go, right or wrong, it's hard to know 

You do your best and leave the rest 

To chance, fate, God or grace 

Whatever gets you through, whatever gets you through, yeah 

The hardest thing 

(The hardest thing, the hardest thing) 

It might be your hardest thing to do, yeah 

(The hardest thing, the hardest thing) 

The hardest thing, the hardest thing 

The hardest thing, the hardest thing 

(You just might face your own truth) 

The hardest thing, the hardest thing