Johnston, Daniel - Cold Hard World Lyrics






It's a cold hard world
It's a cold hard world
It's a cold hard world
Oh no

I heard Red Donley say
It was on the news today
It's a cold hard world
It's a cold hard world

It's hiking across the country
Looking for a bite to eat
You'd be surprised at the animals
And the people you'd meet

Rolling down that highway
With eyes fixed straight ahead
They have a caravan of cars
To bury the dead

And coke cans and pop bottles
Lined the streets like flowers instead
And this guy gave me a ride
I said this industrial waste sure stinks
He said he likes that smell
'Cause that's the smell of money
I said "well, mister money stinks, too"

I met a fireman
He said you never forget burning flesh
And the librarian said
Do you have a card here?
I said I been coming here for weeks
Don't you recognize me by now
I checked out a million books
Just to get you to notice me

Somebody's house burned down
Somebody's hubcap fell off
Somebody's soul got lost
Somebody's heart got broke

I heard Red Donley say
It was on the news today
It's a cold hard world
It's a cold hard world





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  1. B.... J....

    He was truly great. A modern hero.

  2. s.... ....

    Terribly underrated song by a terribly underrated artist. This is the song that got me liking Daniel's music back around 2003. I thought it was a joke at first, but I could not stop listening.

  3. H.... C....

    Daniel helped me through very troubled times and i will always thank him in my soul for that

  4. I.... P....

    It truly is a Cold Hard World today. R.I.P. Daniel Johnston

  5. R.... N....

    RIP DANIEL. MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

  6. Z.... M....

    Rest easy dan, thanks for your art thru the years 💔

  7. N.... O....

    Lets not leave him as only an externalized mind now (that includes firing synapse copy level because he is a Bomber Pilot's son)
    Lets take him to Antarctica and keep him going, he is still kicking man people are calling quits way too early, we could easily build an exoskeleton with a satellite cellphone reading electrodes stimulating his brain (consciousness is located in 4 areas of the brain that span from forehead to top of the neck at the back of the head). At this level of external mind structuring we are at our connsciousness in our brains is really just an extra light bulb in a house.  We need to act fast, this is actually cheaper than cremation and the procession to the Antarctica ship can gather other folks needing to go at $500 a person (repeat processions will be free with gratitude from donations from heart valve waiting list being flooded, so it will free burial for all).

  8. T.... R....

    RIP Daniel, You beautiful soul <3

  9. a.... ....

    The world has now become colder and harder... Rest In Peace DJ!

  10. L.... K....

    RIP Daniel. <3

  11. T.... S....

    RIP Daniel!

  12. B.... N....

    Daniel Johnston --- YOUR HEART must be like a filled treasure chest !!!

  13. r.... ....

    Its a shity cold dumpster world
    Cheeeer up DJ I love you

  14. r.... ....

    Life sucks ass

  15. B.... C....

    https://youtu.be/dU8DmNU7WTU My kids version. Enjoy

  16. M.... S....

    Writing poetry and listening to this. I've never done anything better. It gives me goosebumps.

  17. T.... G....

    I love the piano part in the beginning. Reminds me of Christmas bells and cold weather.

  18. M.... ....

    checkout Lady Lamb cover of this song at Soundcloud

    M.... ....

    MoiDeCoentro will do man

  19. W.... ....

    this song makes me feel cold even in the middle of the summer

  20. Z.... M....

    this is my favorite dan j song by far

  21. A.... N....

    if we were pure as daniel. maybe we would understand better and we would like even more

    A.... N....

    Daniel is about as PURE as Satan
    I know the dude He is PURE Evil
    But i love him so

    A.... N....

    realbeckfan da fuck???

  22. P.... ....

    Pienso que se refiere a las personas; el término "el mundo" refiere idiomáticamente a la población humana (no al "globo"). "Todo el mundo es tal cosa" -- nosotros también lo usamos.

  23. a.... ....

    i have no profit off it.

  24. l.... r....

    El mundo no es difícil ni frío, las personas sí.

  25. m.... ....

    Its really sad, I heard he last saw her in 2006 at the premier of The Devil And Daniel Johnson. DAMMIT. WE NEED TO HELP HIM.

  26. A.... E....

    Man you need think about the paradigm in all arts. The spontaneous expression of the feelings in the art production was the vanguard's dream. All people making art, doing art, living art, sincerity.

  27. Z.... ....

    Well mister, money stinks too.

  28. W.... ....

    yep dani is the best : )

  29. W.... ....

    life gets colder when your getting older...

  30. L.... b....

    no its not, its the same world. nothing has changed except the clothes we wear.

  31. J.... ....

    Poetry....
    Expression
    Daniel Johnston
    Modern Music
    is brainwashing garbage.
    We can do better.

  32. M.... ....

    Cuz its a cold hard world that cant appriceate good music

  33. W.... ....

    it was a cold hard world back in the time when he wrote this... now is coldest : (

  34. K.... R....

    @videoman1970 he is a news caster in west virginia where daniel johnston grew up

  35. W.... ....

    this is AWESOME!

  36. E.... M....

    @bowenmcconnie that thing is called Laura

  37. B.... M....

    does anyone get the feeling that daniel needs some sort of very good thing to happen to him? I just can't figure out what it could possibly (or impossibly) be...

  38. N.... ....

    @Knappula Ummm, I meant views. I don't know how or why I put that. So much fail lol.

  39. M.... K....

    @Nicole7801 If there were more, they wouldn't be few.

  40. N.... ....

    Why the fuck doesn't this have more fews???

  41. j.... ....

    So fucking good.

  42. J.... ....

    What album is this onnnn???

  43. C.... M....

    i have 15 or i like but i like this the most .... i love you DANIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!! lick me please so i can be immortal

  44. K.... M....

    Just started listening to Daniel Johnston. Nice song.

  45. q.... ....

    sad, sweet song.