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Artist: Michael Stanley
Canonical path: /michael-stanley/hard-time
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Hard Time
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Hard Time
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This ain't no Casablanca...
This ain't no black and white
Everybody's armed and dangerous
And 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'
Hard time
Hard time
And it ain't the way that they told us about it
It ain't that way anymore...
They're doin'
Hard time
Hard time
So here's to the others the friends and the lovers
The ones that the good times were for
Hard time
Me, I've got my moments...
You, you've had your fill
And 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'
Hard time
Hard time
And it ain't the way that they told us about it
It ain't that way anymore...
We're doin'
Hard time
Hard time
So here's to the others the friends and the lovers
The ones that the good times were for
Hard time
And now we're doin'
Hard time
Hard time
And it ain't the way that they told us about it
It ain't that way anymore...
They're doin'
Hard time
Hard time
So here's to the others the friends and the lovers
The ones that the good times were for
Hard time
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