Growing Up The Hard Way

<br>(Mick Jones/Lou Gramm)<br>He`s got nothing to say, he`s got no excuse<br>He`s just made that way, and he`s gonna stay that way<br>Like a dog on the loose in a firework display, in a world of his own<br>No, no, no, he won`t back down or go running back home<br>He`s come a long way in life<br>He`s got a long way to go<br>And he don`t even know, but he don`t care because<br>He`s growing up the hard way<br>In and out of trouble every day<br>He`s growing up the hard way<br>No tellin` where you`ll end up, boy<br>He`s got nothing to say, like he`s lost for words, his mind`s in a daze<br>That`s his way, it`s just a little game he plays<br>He`s got nowhere to run, while the city sleeps he wanders alone<br>Cuttin` through the steel and the hearts of stone<br>He`s come a long way in life<br>He`s got a long way to go<br>He don`t even know, but he don`t care because<br>He`s growing up the hard way<br>In and out of trouble every day<br>Growing up the hard way<br>You`d better walk the straight and narrow<br>Growing up the hard way<br>In and out of trouble every day<br>Growing up the hard way<br>Never know what you`re in for, boy<br>He`s come a long way in life<br>He`s got a long way to go<br>He don`t wanna know, and he don`t care because<br>He`s growing up the hard way<br>In and out of trouble every day<br>He`s growing up the hard way<br>Yeah-and he`s gonna stay that way<br>You see, he`s growing up the hard way<br>Wlak the straight and narrow, yeah, maybe someday<br>But still he`s growing up the hard way<br>It`s just the way he`s grown up<br>He`s growing up the hard way<br>There ain`t no other way<br>Growing up the hard way