He´s got nothing to say, he´s got no excuse
He´s just made that way, and he´s gonna stay that way
Like a dog on the loose in a firework display in a world of his own
No, no, no, he won´t back down or go running back home

He´s come a long way in life
He´s got a long way to go
He don´t even know, he don´t care because
He´s growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
Growing up the hard way
Now no tellin´ where you´ll end up, boy

And he´s got nothing to say, like he´s lost for the worlds, his mind is in a daze
That´s his way, it´s just a little game he plays
He´s got nowhere to run while the city sleeps he wanders alone
Cuttin´ through the steel and the hearts of stone

He´s come a long way in life
He´s got a long way to go
He don´t even know, but he don´t care because
He´s growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
Growing up the hard way
You´d better walk the straight and narrow

Growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
Growing up the hard way
Never know what you´re in for, boy

He´s come a long way in life
He´s got a long way to go
He don´t wanna know, and he don´t care because
He´s growing up the hard way
In and out of trouble every day
He´s growing up the hard way
Yeah, and he´s gonna stay that way
You see, he´s growing up the hard way
Walk the straight and narrow yeah, maybe someday
But still he´s growing up the hard way
It´s just the way he´s grown up
Yeah, growing up the hard way
There ain´t no other way
Growing up the hard way