She was born with her fists all clenched up for fighting She looked out the window and she laughed at the lightning Just the kind of citizen this town needs Welcome to Difficult, Tennessee She was a thorn in the side of her sister and her brother She tended to bite when they tried to hug her She ran with the dogs, she'd be gone for hours She climbed on the trees and she dug up the flowers Raised on the banks of Defeated Creek Every boy around was in love With the black-eyed critter with the little bare feet That they called Miss Difficult She was skipping out of school when she was only 7 She hot-wired a truck at the age of 11
Beautiful child, blessed by nature Breaking hearts left and right when she was a teenager Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah There's never been a beauty pageant in this town But everybody knows well enough There ain't nobody gonna take that crown Away from Miss Difficult Any guy would be wise to watch his manners She comes down hard like a ball peen hammer Tell her what she wants to hear, don't you bust her bubble And watch how you say it or there's gonna be trouble Here she comes, Miss Difficult Oh yeah, Miss Difficult Oh yeah, Miss Difficult Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah