Heartless Year

I heard you never get dealt more than you can handle But this might be it, you know we've had our doubts The flicker of a flame from a dying candle You said you'd never be the one to put it out The light I see at the end of the tunnel's Either daylight creeping or a fast train coming Good Lord have a little mercy please It's been a heartless year, but we're still hanging on Gonna face our fears, gonna right these wrongs I gotta laugh to hold back my tears Crawling from a train wreck waiting out a heartless year Dishes in the sink building up resentment Stacks of bills hiding out for weeks The kids keep asking when it's gonna be Christmas But I'd be happy with the coal for the heat The light I see at the end of the tunnel's Either daylight creeping or a fast train coming Good Lord have a little mercy please It's been a heartless year, but we're still hanging on Gonna face our fears, gonna right these wrongs I gotta laugh to hold back my tears Crawling from a train wreck waiting out a heartless year A heartless year The light I see at the end of the tunnel's Either daylight creeping or a fast train coming Good Lord have a little mercy on me It's been a heartless year, but we're still hanging on Gonna face our fears, gonna right these wrongs I gotta laugh to hold back my tears Crawling from a train wreck waiting out a heartless year A heartless year, waiting out a heartless year The light I see at the end of the tunnel's Either daylight creeping or a fast train coming