Hardscrabble woman's got old bleeding tattoos She likes to shoot her gun and she likes to drink booze She's got a jackhammer, likes bustin' up rock Hardscrabble woman from the school of hard knocks Don't like the freeways 'cause she knows the back roads Doesn't buy bullets, likes to pack her own loads She can lay pipe in the hard Texas dirt Only wears jeans, never see her in a skirt Hardscrabble woman Hardscrabble woman Don't make her mad or you better watch your back Hardscrabble woman lives down by the track She's good with a saw and she's good with a wrench Fixin' up her pick 'em up has always been a cinch She's got a forty-five and a custom pool cue Runs around town with a pretty rough crew Hardscrabble woman Hardscrabble woman Don't make her mad or you better watch your back Hardscrabble woman lives down by the track One drunken evening as the sun was going down The old man hit her and knocked her to the ground She picked up a hammer and drove him like a nail The cops showed up and dragged the both of them to jail Hardscrabble woman Hardscrabble woman Don't make her mad or you better watch your back Hardscrabble woman lives down by the track Down by the track