Текст песни Hard Knocks - Live - Joe Cocker

Oh yeah!

Round-round-round-round
Round-round-round-round
Round-round-round-round
Round-round-round-round

I didn't take nothin' that I didn't need
'Cause they didn't offer classes in what I wanted to be
They didn't offer manhood responsibility
Had to learn it the hard way
Earn my degree in the streets

Graduated from hard knocks
I got my education
And hard knocks
Gettin' in and out of situations
Hard knocks
Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it
Hard knocks!

Can't bust through the ceiling
Without feelin' the burn
And I ain't got nothin' that I did not earn
Chasin' that dollar still hittin' the books
Studying Donnie and Stevie
Learn to sail the hooks

Talk about those hard knocks
Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it
Hard knocks
Got the rhyme and the reason to choose it
Hard knocks
I torn the streets
Hard knocks

Had a real good teacher named Mr. Life (named Mr. Life)
Didn't teach no chemistry
But he taught me how to fight (taught me how to fight)
Didn't teach biology
I learned it from the birds and the bees (I learned it from the birds and the bees)
Said stay close to your friends
Closer to your enemies

Oh yeah yeah yeah (that's right)
Oh yeah yeah yeah (that's right)
Oh yeah yeah yeah (so right)

Oh yeah yeah yeah (that's right)
Oh yeah yeah yeah (so right)
Oh yeah yeah yeah (so right)

Graduated from hard knocks
Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it
Hard knocks!
Got the rhyme and the reason to choose it
Hard knocks
I torn the streets
Hard knocks, oh Lord

Round and around, round and around (feeling at my soul)
Round and around, round and around
(I'm talking 'bout hard knocks, with diamond shining oh)
Round and around, round and around (Lord)
Round and around, round and around (It's a hard knocks)
Round and around, round and around (Help me baby, move away)
Round and around, round and around