Karaoké The Cold Hard Facts of Life 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 pink 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 laughin' 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 winked as if to say

You know the rest

And 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 witnessin' 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