The Kinks - The Hard Way Lyrics

Boys like you were born to waste
You never listen to a word I say
And if you think you're here to mess around
You're makin' a big mistake

'Cos you're gonna find out the hard way
You gonna find out the hard way

No matter what I do or say
You're much too dumb to educate
One day life's gonna turn around
And slap you in the face

Then you're gonna find out the hard way
You'll take the hard way
Gonna take the hard way

Well, you'll do it your way and I'll do it my way
We'll see who's the one to survive
You'll find that with no foundation or qualifications
There's no way that you can get by
No, there's no way you can get by

Why don't you take the easy way?
Why don't you co-operate?
Don't just sit there and vegetate
Do you want to end up illiterate?
Com'on now

You think that life's a vacation and you've no inclination
To dust away the cobwebs of your mind
Now it's time for confrontation and I'm tired of bein' patient
So I've got to be cruel to be kind
Yeah, I've got to be cruel to be kind

I'm wastin' my vocation teachin' you to write neat
When you're only fit to sweep the streets
Your intellect is such that it requires a killer's touch
So I'm gonna play it your way

You can the hard way
Gonna take the hard way
You can take the hard way
Gonna take the hard way
Gonna take the hard way