Lyrics to
Hard Ride

This version of Hard Ride was released by Status Quo in 1979.

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Living a life without you
Living a life without you
I’m gonna lie for it, living a life of it
Staying alive without you
I’m living a life for a woman
I’m stringing a line with it, now that she’s gone with it
Living a life without you
Living a life without you
Hey Joe, you know what I mean
It’s never been done before
A hard ride was never my scene
But now I’m coming back for more

Living a life of it
Living a life of it

And it’s a hard ride down a rocky road
It’s a hard, hard ride all on your own
It’s a hold on with all you’ve got
Oh, It’s a hard…
Oh, it’s a hard ride down a rocky road

Living a life without you
Living a life without you
It’s running away with me, look at the change in me
Sleeping alone without you
When I get up in the morning
It’s no good believing what I’ve been dreaming
Living a life without you
Living a life without you
All right, it’s over and done
She’s never coming back to me
A hard ride is what I’ve become
From now until my dying day

Living a life of it
Living a life of it

And it’s a hard ride down a rocky road
It’s a hard, hard ride all on your own
It’s a hold on with all you got
Oh, It’s a hard…
Oh, it’s a hard ride down a rocky road

(Hard ride, hard ride, hard ride, hard ride
Hard ride, hard ride, hard ride)

I got a hard ride, ain’t nothing new
With a rocking roll, rollin without you
It’s a long time since you’ve been gone
And it’s a hard ride down a rocky road

Oh, it’s a hard ride down a rocky road
It’s a hard, hard ride all on your own
It’s a hold on while you’ve got to
It’s a hard ride

Yeah it’s a hard, hard, hard, hard, hard ride
Oh it’s a hard, hard, hard, hard, hard ride
Yeah, it’s a hard, hard, hard, hard, hard ride
Oh it’s a hard…
Oh it’s a hard ride down a rocky road
(It’s a Hard Ride)

Living a life away, living a life away
Living a life away, living a life away

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Status Quo has released many songs over the years besides Hard Ride. Status Quo released songs from 1968 to 2007 spanning across albums like Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo, Spare Parts, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World, If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want, Just Supposin', Never Too Late, 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain't Complaining, Perfect Remedy, Rock 'Til You Drop, Thirsty Work, Don't Stop, Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century, Heavy Traffic, The Party Ain't Over Yet, and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Status Quo.

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About Lyrics and Hard Ride by Status Quo

The lyrics for Hard Ride are defined as the words making up the song released by Status Quo in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Hard Ride have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Status Quo and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Hard Ride by Status Quo if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hard Ride" means the words set to the music of Hard Ride, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hard Ride and the lyrics to Hard Ride are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hard Ride, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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