| He’s got nothing to say, he’s got no excuse | 
| He’s just made that way, and he’s gonna stay that way | 
| Like a dog on the loose in a firework display, in a world of his own | 
| No, no, no, he won’t back down or go running back home | 
| He’s come a long way in life | 
| He’s got a long way to go And he don’t even know, but he don’t care because | 
| He’s growing up the hard way | 
| In and out of trouble every day | 
| He’s growing up the hard way | 
| No tellin’where you’ll end up, boy | 
| He’s got nothing to say, like he’s lost for words, his mind’s in a daze | 
| That’s his way, it’s just a little game he plays | 
| He’s got nowhere to run, while the city sleeps he wanders alone | 
| Cuttin’through the steel and the hearts of stone | 
| He’s come a long way in life | 
| He’s got a long way to go He don’t even know, but he don’t care because | 
| He’s growing up the hard way | 
| In and out of trouble every day | 
| Growing up the hard way | 
| You’d better walk the straight and narrow | 
| Growing up the hard way | 
| In and out of trouble every day | 
| Growing up the hard way | 
| Never know what you’re in for, boy | 
| He’s come a long way in life | 
| He’s got a long way to go He don’t wanna know, and he don’t care because | 
| He’s growing up the hard way | 
| In and out of trouble every day | 
| He’s growing up the hard way | 
| Yeah-and he’s gonna stay that way | 
| You see, he’s growing up the hard way | 
| Wlak the straight and narrow, yeah, maybe someday | 
| But still he’s growing up the hard way | 
| It’s just the way he’s grown up He’s growing up the hard way | 
| There ain’t no other way | 
| Growing up the hard way |