Lyrics to
Hard Time

This version of Hard Time was released by Status Quo in 1977.

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Asked my girl what she wanted from me
She said everything that I can see
I said baby what d’you think of me
And she said nothing at all

So I sit here waiting patiently
To see if there will be a change or three
I think that baby she is using me
It doesn’t matter at all
And now I’m wondering which way to go

So it’s a hard time for us all ’til she gets it right
Yes it’s a hard time for us all, be some kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again

Now I think of all the times we had
Yeah, of all the good and all the bad
I sometimes think that maybe I’ve been had
It doesn’t matter at all
And now I’m wondering which way to go

So it’s a hard time for us all ’til she gets it right
Yes it’s a hard time for us all, be some kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again

Asked my girl what she wanted to be
She said everything that I can be
I said baby what d’you think of me
And she said nothing at all
And so I’m wondering which way to go

So it’s a hard time for us all ’til she gets it straight
Yes it’s a hard time for us all, hope she’s not too late
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again,
again, again
Oh it’s a hard time for us all ’til she gets it right
Yes, it’s a hard time for us all, be some kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again
and again
Oh, it’s a hard time, yes, it’s a hard, hard time
Now, it’s a hard time, yes, it’s a hard, hard time
A hard, hard time
A hard, hard time

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About Lyrics and Hard Time by Status Quo

The lyrics to Hard Time are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Status Quo used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Hard Time have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Status Quo and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Hard Time by Status Quo. 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 Time" means the words set to the music of Hard Time, 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 Time and the lyrics to Hard Time 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 Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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