Growing Up the Hard Way - Demo

Growin' up the hard way

We're growin' up the hard way

She's got a blue tattoo on

The back of her hand that says I love you

From the boys in the band

She's been livin' on the run

For almost a year her daddy would abuse her

She's been livin' in fear

She's got a diamond in her

Teeth and a leather beret

She knows every city street from

New York to LA shes got little girl eyes

And her heart's made of stone

I guess you gotta grow up fast

When you're out on your own

Try, to hold your head up high

You live and then you die

Can someone tell me why?

Growin' up the hard way

Learnin' how to live with the pain

The weight of the world on your shoulders

I guess that's just the price that you pay

Growin' up the hard way

It's gettin' harder every day

Lying in a bed made of fire

Praying to God for some rain

Growin' up the hard way

He was the pride and joy of his family

He always was the good boy

They told him he'd be

But no one knew the anger

That was buildin' up inside

He was drinking from the bottle

That his old man used to hide

He stole a rented car off route 35

And when he gunned it I heard him scream

'Straight to hell I'm gonna drive'

Cops came out of nowhere

And that truck got in his way

I'm sorry Mrs Johnson that it

Had to end this way

Try, to hold your head up high

You live and then you die

Can someone tell me why?

Growin' up the hard way

Learning how to live with the pain

The weight of the world on your shoulders

I guess that's just the price that you pay

Growin' up the hard way

It's gettin' harder every day

Lying in a bed made of fire

Praying to God for some rain

Growin' up the hard way

Growin' up the hard way

Growin' up the hard way

Growin' up the hard way

Try, to hold your head up high

Growin' up the hard way

Learning how to live with the pain

The weight of the world on your shoulders

I guess that's just the price that you pay

Growin' up the hard way

It's gettin' harder everyday

Lying in a bed made of fire

Praying to God for some rain

Growin' up the hard way

Growin' up the hard way

I'm growin' up the hard way

Growin' up the hard way baby

Growin' up the hard way