Cynthie Montgomery — Smarten Up the Hard Way lyrics

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Hot car, hot date
Gotta move, tailgate
What’s that? Hit the brake
Crick crack, too late
He’ll have to smarten up the hard way
And now he’s gonna have to pay
We tried to tell him 'bout a better way
But oh no, we gotta smarten up the hard way
Nice day, long class
Get away, smoke grass
Quit school, have fun
One problem, no mun
She’ll have to smarten up the hard way
Now she’s got nothin' for a rainy day
And soon her friends just sort of fade away
Until she smartens up the hard way
Oh, he thought he was smart, just a little too smart
But he was just a little fart, we tried to tell him from the start
We could’ve drawn him up a chart, and now it’s tearin' him apart
He’ll have to make a new start, he’ll have to smarten up the hard way
We need oil, that’s a fact
Where to get it? Iraq
Kick out Saddam, put in our pack
One problem, they fight back
We’ll have to smarten up the hard way
And now our young people will have to pay
We never thought it would turn out this way
But now we’ll smarten up the hard way
We gotta smarten up the hard way, gotta go the hard way
Really hard, the hard way, gonna hate the hard way
The hard way