Harder Than The Pills

Verse 1 (Hooking opener)

The night Mama found me shaking on the bathroom floor

She said “Son I don’t recognize you anymore.”

Hands in the air praying God would save my soul

While that devil in a bottle kept digging my hole.

She used to say, “Boy watch who you run with

Wrong crowd’ll drag you down them hills.”

Back then her voice was just another lecture…

Now her words hit harder than the pills.

Chorus (Short + Repeatable)

Mama tried to warn me

But I wouldn’t stand still

Now her words hit harder

Hit harder than the pills.

I was chasing that high

Trying to numb how it feels

Now the truth hits harder…

Hits harder than the pills.

Verse 2

Little white lines turned to a long dark road

Every bridge I burned just added to the load.

Every promise I made her I broke on my way

Till rock bottom finally made me pray.

Now the silence in the midnight

Cuts deeper than the chills

And Mama’s voice keeps echoing…

Harder than the pills.

Chorus

Mama tried to warn me

But I wouldn’t stand still

Now her words hit harder

Hit harder than the pills.

I was chasing that high

Trying to numb how it feels

Now the truth hits harder…

Hits harder than the pills.

Bridge (Crowd singalong moment)

If the good Lord lets me see another sunrise

I’ll spend my life trying to heal

’Cause the truth my Mama told me

Hits harder than the pills.

Final Chorus (Big)

Mama tried to warn me

But I wouldn’t stand still

Now her words hit harder

Hit harder than the pills.

I was chasing that high

Trying to numb how it feels

Now the truth hits harder…

Hits harder than the pills.

Outro

Yeah Mama knew…

It just took hell for me to feel.

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