Inside this black box
You’ve found a living hell
Neon marks the ins & outs
And the wares that they sell
It’s on the edge of town
They don’t want you around
It’s low and mean and screams out
For the sound
It’s hard in a rock place
Wildcard in the rat race
On guard in a neck brace
That’s why you die hard in a rock place
As the night unfolds
The box sweats and swells
With faces familiar
But souls of empty shell
Amass to tribute pay
Just a role to portray
They stand and curse and moan and swear
By the ghosts of yesterday
It’s hard in a rock place
Just lard on your hot plates
Gonna starve in any case
I bet ya die hard in a rock place
They said it’d be fun
see the world and make a living to boot
But when all you see is highway and black walls
and the same rock guy night after night after night
you know that it’s hard
But what the hell, it’s just as well
Have a seat at the bar
Take a pull from my jar
and let’s hear it for the electric guitar
It’s hard in a rock place
Scarred on your fuzz face
A star in your disgrace
Die hard in a rock place
It’s hard in a rock place
Got tar and feathers on your face
Squad car on your ace
You are a die hard in a rock place
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