The Hardest Time - Los Lobos

A toast to love with paper cups

And a vow to never part

They’re saying to each other there’s a fire burning

Deep within their hearts

But at her darkest hour he’s gone far away

She’s all alone

And when the lights go out it’s the hardest time

The hardest time to be alone

She sends her Mary off to school

And sits to watch TV

They’re talking about spending their lives together

The way it’s supposed to be

Then the baby cries, wakes her from her dream

She’s on her own

And when the lights go out it’s the hardest time

The hardest time to be alone

A mother’s dream is like a story never told

Reaching out for something more then a hand to hold

Wanting the girl she left behind

So far behind

Pen and paper in her hand

To write the folks back home

She’s telling them again that her life is better

Not like long ago

Then her shaking hand tears across the page

Crumbles to the floor

And when the lights go out it’s the hardest time

The hardest time to be alone