Verse 1
Petrol’s up and the rent’s due Friday,
Pay goes in but it don’t stay,
Turn the news on, another war somewhere,
Politicians talking like they care.
Working all week just to stand still,
Bills pile up like a landfill,
Used to be you could get ahead,
Now it’s just trying not to drown in debt.
Pre-Chorus
Yeah we’re tired but we keep on going,
Every crack in the road keeps showing.
Chorus
These are hard times and hard living,
More taking than we’re given,
We’re just trying to make it through the night,
Keep the family warm, keep the future bright.
Hard roads, tough breaks,
Smiles hiding all the aches,
Yeah we bend but we don’t break,
That’s the life we make.
Verse 2
Pubs are full of the same old stories,
Broken dreams and almost glories,
Blokes talking ‘bout the good old days,
When a dollar went a longer way.
Mum and Dad worked one job each,
Now two jobs still out of reach,
Kids growing up too fast these days,
Learning life ain’t always fair.
Pre-Chorus
But we still laugh and we still try,
Even when the world goes dry.
Chorus
These are hard times and hard living,
More taking than we’re given,
We’re just trying to make it through the night,
Keep the family warm, keep the future bright.
Hard roads, tough breaks,
Smiles hiding all the aches,
Yeah we bend but we don’t break,
That’s the life we make.
Bridge
One day we’ll look back and say,
We survived the hard old days,
Didn’t have much but we had each other,
Sister, father, friend and brother.
Final Chorus
These were hard times and hard living,
But we gave more than we were given,
We stood strong when times were tough,
When the road got hard and rough.
Hard roads, tough breaks,
But we did what it takes,
Yeah we bent but we didn’t break,
That’s the life we made.
