Hard Time

Stanley Michael
Volume 3: 1981 to 1986
Hard Time
from «You Can’t Fight Fashion», 1983, EMI-America Records Group
This ain’t no Casablanca…
this ain’t no black & white
Everybody’s armed and dangerous--
someone’s gonna buy it tonight…
And what about the dream
they said would save you?
Oh, Lord--tell it to
the guys who fought the war…
--'Cause you know they’re doin'
(CHORUS:)
…Hard time
Hard time
It ain’t the way that they told us about it--
it ain’t that way anymore…
They’re doin'
…hard time
Hard time
It’s a history of us--the friends and the lovers--
the ones that the good times are for
…Hard time
Me, I’ve got my moments…
You, you’ve had your fill
This’d be one dead cowboy--
baby, if looks could kill…
And walkin' away just
ain’t that romantic…
Oh, Lord--and ain’t that
what we came here for…
--But now we’re doin'
(CHORUS:)
…Hard time
Hard time
It ain’t the way that they told us about it--
it ain’t that way anymore…
We’re doin'
…hard time
Hard time
It’s a history of us--the friends and the lovers--
the ones that the good times are for
…Hard time
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Hard time…
Hard time…
Hard time