The Hard Way - The Sonics

Boys like you were born to waste

You never listen to a word I say

If you think you’re here to mess around

You’re making a big mistake

You’re gonna find out the hard way

Gonna find out the hard way

No matter what I do or say

You’re much too dumb to educate

One day life’s gonna turn around

And slap you in the face

You’re gonna find out the hard way

You can take the hard way

Well, you do it your way

And I’ll do it my way

And we’ll see who’s the one to survive

You’ll find that with no foundation or qualifications

There’s no way that you can get by

No!

No way you can get by —

Why don’t you take the easy way

Why don’t you cooperate

Don’t just sit there and masturbate

You wanna end up illiterate

Come on now!

You think life’s a vacation and you’ve no inclination

To dust away the cobwebs of your mind

Now it’s time for confrontation

I’m tired of being patient

So I’ve got to be cruel to be kind

Yeah!

I’ve got to be cruel to be kind —

I’m wasting my vocation

Teaching you to write neat

When you’re only fit to sweep the streets

Your intellect is such

That it requires a killer’s touch

I’m gonna play it your way

You’re gonna take the hard way

I’m gonna take the hard way

I’m gonna take the hard way

(Hey Hey Hey)

(Hey Hey Hey)

(Hey Hey Hey)

Come on now!