Growin Up The Hard Way Lyrics - Bon Jovi

1 Growing up the hard way

2 We're growing up the hard way

3 She's got a blue tattoo

4 It says "I love you" from the boys in the band

5 She's been living on the run for almost a year

6 Her daddy would abuse her, she's been living in fear

7 She's got a diamond in her teeth and a leather beret

8 She knows every city street from New York to L.A.

9 She's got little girl eyes

10 And her heart's made of stone

11 I guess you gotta grow up fast

12 When you're out on your own

13 Try to hold your head up high

14 You live and then you die

15 Can someone tell me why

16 Growing up the hard way

17 Learning how to live with the pain

18 The weight of the world on your shoulders

19 I guess that's just the price that you pay

20 Growing up the hard way

21 It's getting harder every day

22 Lying in a bed made of fire

23 Praying to God for some rain

24 Growing up the hard way

25 He was the pride and joy of the family

26 He always was the good boy they told him to be

27 But no one knew the anger that was building up inside

28 He was drinking from the bottle

29 That his old man used to hide

30 He stole this rent-a-car off of Route 35

31 And when he gunned it I heard him scream

32 "Straight to hell I'm gonna drive"

33 The the cops came out of nowhere

34 And that truck got in his way

35 I'm sorry, Mrs. Johnson, that it had to end this way

36 Try to hold your head up high

37 You live and then you die

38 Can someone tell me why

39 Growing up the hard way

40 Learning how to live with the pain

41 The weight of the world's on your shoulders

42 I guess that's just the price that you pay

43 Growing up the hard way

44 It's getting harder every day

45 Lying in a bed made of fire

46 Praying to God for some rain

47 Growing up the hard way, growing up the hard way

48 Growing up the hard way, growing up the hard way

49 Solo

50 Try to hold your head up high, high

51 Growing up the hard way

52 Learning how to live with the pain

53 The weight of the world on your shoulders

54 I guess that's just the price that you pay

55 Growing up the hard way

56 It's getting harder every day

57 Lying in a bed made of fire

58 Praying to God for some rain

59 Growing up the hard way, growing up the hard way

60 I'm growing up the hard way

61 Growing up the hard way

62 We'll suffer the hard way, baby

63 Growing up the hard way, growing up the hard way