Hurtin’ House

Lyrics

[Verse 1] From my old now new address is Rest A While Estates Where love losers go to recuperate Now, my landlord's name is Peter Pan, his wife is Laura Lee They ain't got a ton of bull out of hate, her name is Misery [Chorus] Now I'm livin' in a hurtin' house I'm livin' in a hurtin' house I'm lettin' all the pain come out I'm livin' in a hurtin' house [Verse 2] Gotta live right upstairs, cold, dark, and damp One old iron bed and one old rusty lamp The magazines for me to read, y'all, are five years out of style So damn cool, went through every pagе and cut out every smile [Chorus] Now I'm livin' in a hurtin' housе Livin' in a hurtin' house I'm lettin' all the pain come out I'm tired of livin' in a hurtin' house [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] At night they had a meeting, called to talk it out All those broken hearts just sitting around, hey, hey, hey And someone would tell a story, and everybody would cry Then they passed the weeping towel, y'all, to wipe your weeping eye [Chorus] See, they're livin' in a hurtin' house Livin' in a hurtin' house Lettin' more pain come out Livin' in a hurtin' house [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Oh, I said I gotta get out I said I gotta get out of the hurtin' house, hey, hey, yeah I'll run right down a one-way street just move on out away from here, oh boy Uh-huh I can't stand it, I can't stand it Hey, I can't stand it Can't stand no more cuttin' deep inside No, Lord, I can't stand it Oh, now, no, no no, I just can't Ooh, it's too much for me now, yeah, to get all the hurt inside I'm gonna move on If I have to hitchhike on away from here, I gotta go now Hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, now, now, hey, y'all, ah yeah Look out far across the river, just wanna go Lookin' out over the river, hey, hey, now I'm lookin'