1. GROWING UP THE HARD WAY





He's got nothing to say, he's got no excuse
He's just made that way, and he's gonna stay that way
Like a dog on the loose in a firework display in a world Of his own
No, no, no, he won't back down or go running back home

He's come a long way in life
He's got a long way to go
He don't even know, he don't care because
He's growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
Growing up the hard way
Now no tellin' where you'll end up, boy

And he's got nothing to say, like he's lost for the Worlds, his mind is in a daze
That's his way, it's just a little game he plays
He's got nowhere to run while the city sleeps he wanders Alone
Cuttin' through the steel and the hearts of stone

He's come a long way in life
He's got a long way to go
He don't even know, but he don't care because
He's growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
Growing up the hard way
You'd better walk the straight and narrow

Growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
Growing up the hard way
Never know what you're in for, boy

He's come a long way in life
He's got a long way to go
He don't wanna know, and he don't care because
He's growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
He's growing up the hard way
Yeah, and he's gonna stay that way

You see, he's growing up the hard way
Walk the straight and narrow yeah, maybe someday
But still he's growing up the hard way
It's just the way he's grown up
Yeah, growing up the hard way
There ain't no other way
Growing up the hard way







2. SHE'S TOO TOUGH




My girl, everybody says she's alright
And I know that she's more than alright
Well, she's a hard headed woman
Got a mean attitude
I may have bitten off more than I can chew
I get a little light headed
At her altitude
But she goes one step higher

If I'm going to spend the rest of my life
With a woman like that, I better think twice

She's too tough
I said she's too tough
From the moment she wakes up
Her mind is made up
She's too tough, she's too tough

My girl, she's got a way about her
I know I can never live without her
She's a hard headed woman
So hard to please
She's got her own way of dealing with me
I'm out on a limb, I'm a cat up a tree
But this tree's on fire

I want that woman for the rest of my life
I don't know if I'm up to payin' the price

She's too tough
I said that she's too tough
From the moment she wakes up
Her mind is made up
She's too tough

You hear she's too tough
Well I don't believe
I'll ever leave her
She's too tough, she's too tough

Well if I'm gonna spend the rest of my life
With a woman like her, I'd better think twice

She's too tough
I said she's too tough
From the moment she wakes up
Her mind is made up
She's too tough, that's right

She's too tough
If I do what I'm told
She's gooder than gold to me
She's too tough

I said she's too tough
When push comes to shove
This must be love
She's too tough

Yeah she's too tough
Well I don't believe
I'd ever leave her, never leave her
She's too tough, she's too tough