Hard life

So here I am Yes I’m back again Touching base with an old mate He’s had a hard life Had a child who got in strife Lost a wife , you know he’s grieving Well she ended up leaving Such a hard life With many crooked trails Full of strife Those coffin nails, let’s not forget We Call them cigarettes An Old Chinese curse said I hope you have an interesting life Seemed to come true and he paid the price Battled with the booze But he never gave up No he never tried to lose It just happened sometimes Such a hard life With many different trails Full of strife And coffin nails He Tried to stop the cigarettes Yet Still kept that killer vice Despite the best advice At least he rolls his own Like he rolls life’s dice Such a hard life, a hard life With many varied trails Full of strife, so many fights And those dreaded coffin nails And yet he is a master seaman A bosun of great skill He plies the oceans dreaming Where the oil rigs like to drill He quickly fires up When something is not right The temper takes it’s cut To go from calm to fight Such a hard life With many sad trails Full of strife And the dreaded coffin nails Yet when you get to know him His life’s is an interesting reflect He has all those virtues Of loyalty and respect Despite the thoughts and blunder Of those less thoughtful folks He is to me a wonder He’s a champion kind of bloke He loves to fish For the double header He loves to drive his boat flat strap Just not my wish He is so generous and will give you the shirt off his back Such a hard life With many adventure trails Full of strife And deadly coffin nails Such a hardy life With many different trails Full of strife And hooked on the coffin nails So I’m just Touching base with my old mate Let him know I’m here if he needs a friend Good to know you old mate Keep dodging fate Keep dodging fate Keep dodging fate Such a hard life