HARD
by Rich Mullins
(c) 1993 Edward Grant, Inc. (ASCAP)
tabbed by Travis Grindal  


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Well I am a good midwestern boy, I give an honest day's work when 
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I can get it.  I don't cheat on my taxes, I don't cheat on my 
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girl.  I've got values that would make the White House jealous.   
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Well I do get a little much over impressed 'til I think of Peter 
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and Paul and the apostles.  I don't stack up too well against 
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them I guess.  But by the standards 'round here I ain't doin' 

that awful.

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Lord it's hard to turn the other cheek, hard to bless when others
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curse you.  Lord it' hard to be a man of peace.  Lord it's hard, 
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it's hard, it's hard to be like Jesus.  (2x)

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And it's hard to step out on them waves hard to walk beyond your 
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vision.  Lord it's hard to be a man of faith.  Lord it's hard, 
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it's hard, it's hard to be like Jesus.  (2x)

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Well His eye is on the sparrow and the lilies of the field I've 
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heard and He will watch over you and He will watch over me so we 
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can dress like flowers and eat like birds.

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And it's hard when your soul has been stripped bare.  It's hard 
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to lift your eyes towards Heaven.  Lord it's hard to be a man of 
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prayer.  Lord it's hard, it's hard, it's hard to be like Jesus...