There's a hardship sailing somewhere
I can see it from the port
And every night my one true love and I we climb aboard
And the night spins little circles
And we dance to that quiet song
Yes we come from very different worlds
But we somehow hum along

'Cause where there's riches
There's a hardship
Yes there's a pain
In almost everything
When you've got nothin'
There's a hardship
Primor lane
There's a hardship just the same
And I want to count my blessings
But they never get too high
So I always take another way up there to get me by
And my lady she's got everything
She was born already free
Yes and she could go most anywhere
But she sinks down here with me

'Cause where there's riches
There's a hardship
Yes there's a pain
In almost anything
When you've got nothin'
There's a hardship
Primor lane
There's a hardship just the same