Hard Up Case (Walter Becker)

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