(Tom Snow/Barry Alfonso)
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Never thought it would be so rough
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And I wonder if I have enough
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To keep from breaking down
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No mercy in this town
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Every day is just another test
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Seems I'm always second best
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But you learn along the way
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That's the price you have to pay
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I try to stay defiant, be tough and self-reliant
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Though I get tired to the bone
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Love is just a wish I keep inside
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How's it gonna help me to survive?
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Looks like I'm in this fight alone
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And I'm livin' in desperate times
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Being alive's my only crime
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Don't care what I have to do
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I'll find some way to make it through
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Oh, and I'm livin' in desperate times
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And it's too late to change my mind
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Till these desperate times are done, gonna run
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Watch me run
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Innocents get taken in
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By the promise of an easy win
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They start off so naive
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So eager to believe
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But the glitter of the city lights
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Only covers up a lonely night
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Of strangers slamming doors
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You're hungry and ignored
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I've faced the competition
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I've made the hard decisions
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Will it be worth it in the end?
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Taking any chance that comes along
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Getting hard to tell what's right or wrong
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I only wish I had a friend
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And I'm livin' in desperate times
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Being alive's my only crime
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Don't care what I have to do
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I'll find some way to make it through
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Oh, and I'm livin' in desperate times
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And it's too late to change my mind
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Till these desperate times are done, gonna run
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Watch me run
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(Livin' In) Desperate Times
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| Olivia Newton-John |
