The Hard Way - The Knack

Boys like you were born to waste

You never listen to what I say

And if you think you’re here to mess around

You’re making a big mistake

'Cos you’re gonna find out the hard way

(You can take the hard way)

You can take the hard way

(You can take the hard way)

No matter what I do or say

You’re much too dumb to educate

One day life’s going to come around and

Slap you in the face

You can run back the hard way

(You can take the hard way)

You can take the hard way

Well, you do it your way

And I’ll do it my way

And I’ll be the one to survive

Because with no foundation or qualifications

There’s no way that you can get by

No, no way you can get by

Why don’t you take the easy way?

Why don’t you co-operate?

Don’t just sit there and masturbate

You’re winding up illiterate?

C’mon now

Hey, you think that life’s a vacation, you’ve no inclination

To dust away the cobwebs of your mind

Now it’s time for confrontation and I’m tired of being patient

So I’ve got to be cruel to be kind

Yes, I’ve got to be cruel to be kind

Wasting my vocation teaching you to write neat

When you’re only fit to sweep the streets

Your intellect is such, that it requires a killer’s touch

So I’m going to play it your way, we’ll take the hard way

Gonna take the hard way

You can take the hard way

Gonna take the hard way

You can take the hard way

C’mon now