Tough Love Lyrics - Patty Smyth

You got tough love on your side 

And your eyes are open wide 

A rebel with a cause 

Where the sound tracks sirens 

And wrapped around the well, heart you hold 

The mean streets won't catch you cold 

Another story in the naked city 

You got the cure where there's no pity 

Well, it's a soldier's battle zone 

Take aim to prove you're not alone 

No prisoners, no fugitives 

And you're face to face with victory 

Heart's like a world, you come to say 

The kamikaze pilot crashes 

As a phoenix rises from the ashes 

Tough love, you're hard to beat 

You're worth the fight, it hits you where it hurts 

Oh, are you tough enough, tough enough 

Tough love, you're hard to beat 

You're worth the fight 

Soul surrender to your heart 

You're tough enough, tough enough 

Take it up against the ropes 

I've been there where you hold your hopes 

Where the fires of passion burns the waiting heart 

We can break the red tape hustle 

Now that's my kind of muscle 

The stamina to end the runnin' 

The armor when the night comes gunnin' 

To steal your eyes with blind ambition 

Beat you down with competition 

You got tough love on your side 

When your eyes see red and on dead-end streets 

And hunger feeds the heart that beats 

My one-to-one drum clears my way 

Tough love, you're hard to beat 

You're worth the fight, it hits you where it hurts 

Oh, are you tough enough, tough enough 

Tough love, you're hard to beat 

You're worth the fight 

Soul surrender to your heart 

You're tough enough, tough enough 

Take it up against the ropes