Talk Hard Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

Life is tough and full'a stuff 

Life is hard as rock 

No one around to pull you out 

No one to stop the clock 

Now we don't need no chaperones 

All policemen please go home 

The pressure's upccthe heat is on 

I know what's rightcci know what's wrong 

Chorus: 

You gotta 

Talk hardccyou gotta talk hard 

Out my door, on my street 

There's people marchin' with their feet 

They're buyin' this, they're buyin' that 

Some are thin and some are fat 

Suburban towns are all around 

With shopping mallsccsome underground 

And in the shops they try and sell 

An empty bargaincca wishing well 

Chorus repeat x2 

Now I can't sit here a-growin' gray 

I gotta make a moveccnothing to say 

What destiny will hold for me, well 

No one knows and no one can see 

Chorus repeat x2