Paul Barrere, Craig Fuller, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett



Gettin' it while you can

Before the fascination goes

Down to the very last man

Where it stops nobody knows



Nothin to hold you back when the feelin's right

Hidin' from the day and waitin' for the night

It's just a pretty hard thing

To keep gettin' back up after being knocked down



Ain't no backin' down

Ain't no turnin' of the other cheek

The rules of the rest of the town

Ain't the same ones out here on the street

Lookin' for anything that'll make your emotions stir

Like walkin' the street with some tight-skirt sister

It's just a pretty hard thing

To keep gettin' back up after being knocked down



I'm caught in a crossfire

Of a hopeless disillusion

Nothin' but chain link and barbed wire

Defining the confusion



Ain't really enough to hold back the winter wind

Really don't know if it's keppin you out or it's keepin' me in

It's just a pretty hard thing

To keep gettin' back up after being knocked down

It's just a pretty hard thing, A pretty tough town

Ya keep gettin' back up after being knocked down

It's just a pretty hard thing, a pretty tough town