Steely Dan

Hard Up Case

Steely Dan


You told me once I was your pride and joy 
I guess those days are dead and gone 
You must have took me for some golden boy 
You didn't know what you were taking on 
It was a hard up case 

It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 
It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 

Now all the angles have been played in three's 
There isn't much that I can say 
I know you gave your little heart to me 
I guess I threw the thing away 
It was a hard up case 

It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 
It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 

Sometimes the truth is kind of hard to find 
But don't you worry I can read your mind 
And you don't have to tell me to my face 
You put some other joker in my place 

They dealt us houses full with the queens and kings 
And now they're calling out our bluff 
'Cause you and me girl we had everything 
But it just wasn't quite enough 
Now that's a hard up case 

It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 
It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 

You say the truth is gonna set me free 
Like you might throw a dog a bone 
I know you're thinking that the joke's on me 
Just take a look at what you 're dragging home -- 
Another hard up case 

It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case 
It was a hard up case 
Just another hard up case