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The Hard Way Lyrics by Joe Bonamassa

So, It’s Like That

2002

I've known this day was gonna come
Will I be the one, will I be around?
I can feel something heavy on your mind
Coming through again, coming down again

I don't know what I can do
Got all those roads in front of ya, Which one will you choose?

Break down, break through - break anything you want
Say that's not you - holdin' the world up
Every time you give, everything you got, you just wanna stop
Think you're going the wrong way
You were never lost, didn't know the cost
Then you still get down - do it the hard way

Love is so easy to refuse
Easier to quit, easiest to lose
You never let it make any sense
Always hiding behind, all those words never said

I've stood here as long as I can stand
Now the cards are in your hands
My heart is in your hands…

Break down, break through - break anything you want
Say that's not you - holdin' the world up
Every time you give, everything you got, you just wanna stop
Think you're going the wrong way
You were never lost, didn't know the cost
Then you still get down - do it the hard way

Goin' the hard way - oh yeah...

Break down, break through - break anything you want
Say that's not you - holdin' the world up
Every time you give, everything you got, you just wanna stop
Think you're going the wrong way
You were never lost, didn't know the cost
Then you still get down - do it the hard way

Do it the hard way...
Do it the hard way...
Do it the hard way...
Oh yeah...

About “The Hard Way” by Joe Bonamassa

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"The Hard Way" appears on "So, It’s Like That" in 2002.

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