Hard Times Lyrics

Hard times they come in waves

Like shadows through the windowpane

Promises broken along the way

Hindsight is twenty-twenty

Fat autocrats say it's okay

But I don't wanna miss a thing

Bylines in black and white

Cross out your eyes in a photograph

But I cannot forget her laugh

On time

Set my clocks again

Before I knew it eight years had passed

I'm still a kid and you're too fast

I don't wanna fall again

Under a false pretense

I did confess

I don't wanna drown again

Like a flashing beacon

I'm under duress

Lace up your holy rollers

This time we'll make it home again

Busted cars and latchkey soldier kids

Won't stay silent

Your time is up so run

You pushed us around

Facedown in the ground

But we got back on up somehow

Hard times are almost over

But tonight, I hope it never ends

I hope it never ends

Good times are but a dream

I've fallen through the looking glass

With one foot stuck in the past

Hot girls are a dime a dozen

Her moods strike like a thunderclap

A billion volts to the chest

I don't wanna cry again

Under a false pretense

I did confess

I don't wanna crash again

Like a flashing beacon

I'm under duress

Lace up your holy rollers

This time we'll make it home again

Busted cars and latchkey soldier kids

Won't stay silent

Your time is up so run

You pushed us around

Facedown in the ground

But we got back on up somehow

Hard times are almost over

But tonight, I hope it never ends

I hope it never ends

She's got me wrapped around her throat

In a engraved locket made of gold

Her ripped jeans match my combat boots

We're two punk rock kids against the world

So what are ya gonna do?

Lace up your holy rollers

This time we'll make it home again

Busted cars and latchkey soldier kids

Won't stay silent

Your time is up so run

You pushed us around

Facedown in the ground

But we got back on up somehow

Hard times are almost over

But tonight, I hope it never ends

I hope it never ends

Hard times are but a dream

But I hope it never ends