Tough (feat. K.S. Rhoads) - Amy Stroup

Every little part of me Is holding on to every little piece of you Is holding on to every drop of blood you drew Is holding onto you And every waking hour I spend Holding out for reasons not to go to bed I'm holding out for someone else to hold instead If every hope of you is dead 'Cause every night since you cut and run I feel like the only one who's ever been the lonely one Trying to mend a heart that keeps breaking With every step that you're taking 'Cause you've been running circles 'round My mind, turnin' me inside out And I fell for you, but hit the ground 'Cause the only love I've known has let me Down, and I need liftin' up Now you ain't here I'm sleeping rough And I'm prayin' I can pray enough So wakin' up without you ain't so tough I find it hard to find my feet When I keep on stumbling over you and me But I keep on trying 'cause I know I need To outrun the memories And every day, I'm reminded of The way I let it come undone I feel like the lonely one The only one with time worth wasting Well, I still can't stop chasing 'Cause you've been running circles 'round My mind, turnin' me inside out And I fell for you, but hit the ground 'Cause the only love I've known has let me Down, and I need liftin' up Now you ain't here I'm sleeping rough And I'm prayin' I can pray enough So wakin' up without you ain't so tough, oh Tough, oh, tough So wakin' up without you Say I Thought I was talkin' to you Say I I guess I'm talkin' to myself Me and nobody else 'Cause you've been running circles 'round My mind, turnin' me inside out And I fell for you, but hit the ground 'Cause the only love I've known has let me Down, and I need liftin' up Now you ain't here I'm sleeping rough And I'm prayin' I can pray enough So wakin' up without you ain't so tough

I got a job but it ain't nearly enough A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck Belongs to me and the bank And some funny talkin' man from Iran I left the service, got a G.I. loan I got married, bought myself a home Now I hang around this one horse town And do the best that I can It's gettin' tough, just my luck I was born in the land of plenty, now there ain't enough Gettin' cold, I've been told Well, nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy Been goin' nowhere down a one-way track I'd kill to leave it but ain't no turnin' back Got a wife for the kids And what will everybody say My brother's standin' on a welfare line And any minute now I might get mine Well, gettin' tough, just my luck I was born in the land of plenty, now there ain't enough Gettin' cold, I've been told Well, nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy Well, I hit the beer joint every Friday night Spend a little money lookin' for a fight And it don't matter if I lose or win 'Cause Monday I'm back on the losin' end again Gettin' tough, it's just my luck I was born in the land of plenty, now there ain't enough It's gettin' cold, I've been told Well, nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy Gettin' tough, just my luck I was born in the land of plenty, now there ain't enough We're gettin' cold, I've been told Well, nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy

If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down you gotta get back up, I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know, If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough I lit my brain with Rot-Gut whiskey 'Till all my pain was chicken fried And I had dudes with badges frisk me Teach me how to swallow pride I took advice no fool would take I got some habits I can't shake I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up That's the way it is in life and love If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough I've been up and down and down and out I've been left and right and wrong Well I've walked the walk and I've run my mouth I've been on the short end for too long But if they gave medals for honky tonk wars Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest of drawers With my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

Been around the world and I, I, I I can't find my baby Things gettin' crazy Losin' my patience Why you keep me waitin'? Goin' through the phases Got me walkin' out the house all done up Just in case I see your face and you decide to run up Yeah, I'm in a different place, I need someone to hold on to I been sendin' up a prayer hope the call gets through 'Cause my heart beats for you only I wonder if you even know me Countin' down every moment That I wait for ya, I wait for ya I wonder if you even notice Lately I've been feelin' hopeless Easy to lose focus, but I'll wait for ya I've been looking for a savior (hey) I've been looking for a savior (hey) I've been looking for a real one to hold on to (hey) I've been looking for a savior Savior, yeah, save me Ah-ay, na-na-na-aye Ah-ay, na-na-na-aye (yeah) Ah-ay, na-na-na-aye (I've been looking for a savior) Ah-ay, na-na-na-aye Save me I feel like God playin' tricks on me, got a fix on me Feel the weight of the world like I got a brick on me Had a dance with the devil and he got a grip on me I'm just tryna get to heaven, hope you got a ticket for me, huh I've been sending up prayers, I need feedback Past full of sin, can someone delete that? My path got muddy, I feel like my feet trapped Can you give me the strength now to beat that? 'Cause my heart beats for you only I wonder if you even know me Countin' down every moment That I wait for ya, I wait for ya I wonder if you even notice Lately I've been feelin' hopeless Easy to lose focus, but I'll wait for ya I've been looking for a savior (hey) I've been looking for a savior (hey) I've been looking for a real one to hold on to (hey) I've been looking for a savior Savior, yeah, save me Saving my love for you, saving my love for you Saving it, saving it all for you Saving it all for you, all for you Saving my love for you, saving my love for you Saving it, saving it all for you Saving it all for you I've been looking for a savior Ah-ay, na-na-na-aye I've been looking for a savior Ah-ay, na-na-na-aye I've been looking for a real one to hold on to I've been looking for a savior Savior, yeah, save me Been around the world and I, I, I I've been looking for a- Been around the world and I, I, I I've been looking for a- Been around the world and I, I, I I've been looking for a savior Savior, yeah, save me

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour