The Hard Way Lyrics - John Waite

Jenny's sitting in the car 

In the middle of some abandoned Shoney's parking lot 

Ripping off the filters off her cigarettes 

Crying, he loves me, loves me not 

She checks her makeup in the rearview mirror 

And turns the radio on 

It hasn't hit her yet but all she's looking at 

Is another lonely night coming on 

Everybody learns the hard way, the hard way about love 

It's easy to think that there's something better out there somewhere 

But make no mistake 

Everybody learns the hard way about love 

Meanwhile across town Tommy's in a dark bar 

Watching some blonde girl shaking all she's got 

Out on the tiles, out on the edge 

He's gonna give it his best shot 

All that hard earned money ever got him was all alone 

It's two in the morning 

And the only thing that's falling is the rain 

And it's a long walk home 

Everybody learns the hard way, yeah the hard way about love 

It's easy to think that there's something better out there somewhere 

But make no mistake 

Everybody learns the hard way about love 

Everybody learns the hard way about love 

And in the cold heart light of day, Romeo doesn't always get his Juliet 

You take your hands off the wheel your eyes off the prize 

You'll get a lesson that you won't forget 

Down on your knees and regret 

Everybody learns the hard way about love 

Everybody learns the hard way about love, yeah 

And it's easy to think that there's something better out there somewhere 

But make no mistake 

Everybody learns the hard way about love, yeah, yeah 

About love everybody learns the hard way baby, about love 

That's right, about love 

Everybody learns