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Late Night OTB – Garth Brooks and Kiss

James Joyner · Thursday, August 9, 2007 · 4 comments

Garth Brooks covers Kiss’ “Hard Luck Woman,” with Kiss doing the instrumentals, on “The Tonight Show” on July 13, 1994. A much better version than the original, to my tastes anyway, owing to the fact that, unlike Peter Criss, Brooks can actually carry a tune.

Lyrics:

HARD LUCK WOMAN
KISS (Paul Stanley)

If never I met you
I’d never have seen you cry
If not for our first “Hello”
We’d never have to say goodbye

If never I held you
My feelin’s would never show
It’s time I start walkin’
But there’s so much you’ll never know

I keep telling you hard luck woman
You ain’t a hard luck woman

Rags, the sailor’s only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen

Rags, I really love ya
I can’t forget about ya
You’ll be a hard luck woman
Baby, till you find your man

Before I go let me kiss you
And wipe the tears from your eyes
I don’t wanna hurt you, girl
You know I could never lie

I keep telling you hard luck woman
You ain’t a hard luck woman
You’ll be a hard luck woman
Baby, till you find your man

Rags, the sailor’s only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen

Rags, I really love ya
I can’t forget about ya
You’ll be a hard luck woman
Baby, till you find your man
You’ll be a hard luck woman
Baby, till you find your man

Oh yeah, bye bye, so long, don’t cry
I’m just packin’ my bags, whoa, leavin’ you
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye, baby, don’t cry
I gotta keep on movin’, yeah movin’
Bye, bye my baby
Ooh, don’t cry, lady, oh

This is clearly one of those songs that sounds better than it reads.