Hard Times - Ric Ocasek

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

Braveheart times