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

--words & music by Michael Stanley