Shit Happens
Dust & Harmony — Swamp Country Rock & Americana
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You know, a man tries to do right
Works hard, pays his taxes, loves his country
But you turn on the news, you look at your paycheck
And you realize the fancy words don't mean a damn thing
There's only one rule
That's a hundred percent
All the time
It's the law of the goddamn land
It's a fact of life
Woke up this morning, the old lady's already startin' to fight
My lower back is ackin' up
My truck needs a part
And the damn government's tryin' to tear down the whole thing apart
It ain't economic anxiety
It ain't social disruption
It's just the same old story, man
The same old corruption
It's the truth you swallow down with your morning coffee grounds
It's called
Shit happens
Just
Write it on a sign
Shit happens
Nothin' you can do about it
It's a phrase of acceptance
It's a patriot's blues
When you see the price of lumber
Or the crap on the news
You bust your ass all week
For a handful of pay
And half of it's gone
Before the end of the day
To some damn bureaucrat
Who ain't ever swung a hammer
Sittin' in his fancy office
Checkin' his damn gram
While I'm out here just tryin' to keep the damn lights on
But the generator just sputtered
Now the power's gone
And what I say
Shit happens
I say
Shit happens
Go get the gas can
Shit happens
Now you can pray, you can protest
You can cuss and you can spit
You can blame it on the other guy
And throw a goddamn fit
But the rain's still gonna fall
And the bills are still gonna come
And your kids still gonna find a way
To be real dumb
It ain't about bein' a victim
It's about bein' real
It's about knowin' this whole damn thing is a crooked deal
But you get up anyway
Cause that's what we do
So here's to the farmers and the truckers and the troops
Here's to everyone stuck in life's goddamn loops
When it all goes wrong and you're at the end of your rope
Just remember
There's the one and only sliver of hope
It's the one truth that never, ever, ever
Let's you down
Shit happens
Shit happens
Now get the hell back to work
We got a country to run
Shit happens
Shit happens