(livin` In) Desperate Times Lyrics

(livin` In) Desperate Times

(Tom Snow/Barry Alfonso) 

Never thought it would be so rough 
And I wonder if I have enough 
To keep from breaking down 
No mercy in this town 

Every day is just another test 
Seems I`m always second best 
But you learn along the way 
That`s the price you have to pay 

I try to stay defiant 
Be tough and self-reliant 
Though I get tired to the bone 
Love is just a wish you keep inside 
How`s it gonna help me to survive? 
Looks like I`m in this fight alone 

And I`m livin` in desperate times 
Being alive`s my only crime 
Don`t care what I have to do 
I`ll find some way to make it through 
Oh, and I`m livin` in desperate times 
And it`s too late to change my mind 
Till these desperate times are done, gonna run 
Watch me run 

Innocents get taken in 
By the promise of an easy win 
You start out so naive
So eager to believe 
But the glitter of the city lights 
Only covers up a lonely night 
Of strangers slamming doors 
You`re hungry and ignored 

I`ve faced the competition 
I`ve made the hard decisions 
Will it be worth it in the end? 
Taking any chance that comes along 
Getting hard to tell what`s right or wrong 
I only wish I had a friend 

And I`m livin` in desperate times 
Being alive`s my only crime 
Don`t care what I have to do 
I`ll find some way to make it through 
Oh, and I`m livin` in desperate times 
And it`s too late to change my mind 
Till these desperate times are done, gonna run 
Watch me run 

And I`m livin` in desperate times 
Being alive`s my only crime 
Don`t care what I have to do 
I`ll find some way to make it through 
Oh, and I`m livin` in desperate times 
And it`s too late to change my mind 
Till these desperate times are done, gonna run 
Watch me run 

And I`m livin` in desperate times 
Being alive`s my only crime 
Don`t care what I have to do 
I`ll find some way to make it through 
Oh, and I`m livin` in desperate times 
And it`s too late to change my mind 
Till these desperate times are done, gonna run 
Watch me run