Hard Times

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