Ric Ocasek Hard Times Lyrics

You give me hard times
When it’s late at night
I give me hard times
You kill my appetite
You're no ventriloquist
But you can throw a kiss

I give me hard times
When the race is tight

I give me bad times
When I’m feeling lost
I give me bad times
When you turn on that frost

You never hesitate
To move in checkmate
I give me hard times
At any cost

Yeah
I know that sometimes
You get foolish in your heart
I know that sometimes
You can’t help but fall apart

You come and go
I catch the afterglow

I give me hard times
When you’re coming down I give me bad signs
When you don't make a sound

You get hysterical
It’s all so clerical
I give me hard times
It’s like a shakedown
Yeah, shakedown

I know that sometimes
That things don’t ever match
I know that sometimes
You don’t even need a map

The long street goes
I catch the afterglow

I give me hard times
When it’s late at night
Yeah, you give me hard times
When I feel alright
You're no ventriloquist
But you can throw a kiss

I give me hard times
Yeah
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