The Cold Hard Facts of Life

The Cold Hard Facts of Life
Studio album by Porter Wagoner
Released	1967
Studio	RCA Victor Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Porter Wagoner chronology
Soul of a Convict and Other Great Prison Songs (1967) The Cold Hard Facts of Life (1967) Just Between You and Me (1968)

The Cold Hard Facts of Life is a studio album by country music singer Porter Wagoner. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor (catalog no. LSP-3797).

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on June 10, 1967, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 28 weeks. The album included the No. 2 hit, "The Cold Hard Facts of Life".

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. Reviewer Dan Cooper called it "good, straight-ahead country" and referred to the cover art as "the hillbilly graphics howler of all time."

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The First. Mrs. Jones"	Bill Anderson	2:43
2.	"Words and Music"	Jimmy Gateley	2:32
3.	"The Cold Hard Facts of Life"	Bill Anderson	3:10
4.	"Sleep"	Jack Clement	2:19
5.	"Hundred Dollar Funeral"	Vic McAlpin	2:45
6.	"If I Could Only Start Over"	Faye Bradshaw	1:57

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tragic Romance"	Grandpa Jones	2:29
2.	"Try Being Lonely"	Charles Trent and George McCorkmick	1:43
3.	"I'll Get Ahead Someday"	Mack Magaha	2:00
4.	"I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye"	Willie Nelson	2:35
5.	"Shopworn"	Ted Harris	2:13
6.	"Julie"	Waylon Jennings	2:34