This ain't no Casablanca...
   This ain't no black and white
Everybody's armed and dangerous--
   And someone's gonna buy it tonight...

      And what about the dream
      They said would save you?
      Oh, Lord--tell it to
           The guys who fought the war...

           --'Cause you know they're doin'

             ...Hard time
                Hard time
                And it ain't the way that they told us about it--
                It ain't that way anymore...
                They're doin'
             ...Hard time
                Hard time
                So here's to the others--the friends and the lovers--
                The ones that the good times were for
             ...Hard time

Me, I've got my moments...
   You, you've had your fill
And this'd be one dead cowboy--
   Baby, if looks could kill...

      And walkin' away just
      Ain't that romantic...
      Oh, Lord--and ain't that
           what we came here for?...

           --But now we're doin'

             ...Hard time
                Hard time
                And it ain't the way that they told us about it--
                It ain't that way anymore...
                We're doin'
             ...Hard time
                Hard time
                So here's to the others--the friends and the lovers--
                The ones that the good times were for
             ...Hard time

	   --And now we're doin'

             ...Hard time
                Hard time
                And it ain't the way that they told us about it--
                It ain't that way anymore...
                They're doin'
             ...Hard time
                Hard time
                So here's to the others--the friends and the lovers--
                The ones that the good times were for
             ...Hard time
	       	 ...Hard time
                     ...Hard time
                         ...Hard time








1. 	HARD TIME	 (Michael Stanley)

One of my personal songwriting favorites; inspired by some friends who returned from Vietnam






from You Can't Fight Fashion (1983)
EMI America 17100
Album #64 / debut: 9 / 24 / 83
Produced by MSB & Bob Clearmountain
Recorded at Boogie Hotel, Bearsville Sound &The Power Station

Michael Stanley: vocals / guitar
Danny Powers: lead guitar / vocals
Bob Pelander: keyboards / vocals
Kevin Raleigh: vocals / keyboards
Michael Gismondi: bass
Tommy Dobeck: drums