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Hard on Me

Richard Thompson
Track 5 on Mock Tudor 

Producers

Tom Rothrock & Rob Schnapf
19991 viewer

Hard on Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hard on me, hard on me
Why do you grind me small?
Hard on me, hard on me
At every fence I fall
I bite my rage
I stop my breath
I shake my cage
I swim with emptiness

[Verse 2]
Hard on me, hard on me
Like they were hard on you
Hard on me, hard on me
So I can stumble too
My circuits seize
My senses jam
I don't know who to please
Trapped inside the wicker man

[Verse 2]
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me

[Verse 3]
Hard on me, hard on me
Why do you grind me small?
Hard on me, hard on me
At every fence I fall
Unzip my heart
Unbraid my veins
Unstitch my wantonness
And loosen up my reins
Before I dare
Go on that hill
In dumb despair
Unfreeze my will
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[Chorus]
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me

[Outro]
Well you're so hard on me

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Mock Tudor (1999)
Richard Thompson
  1. 1.
    Cooksferry Queen
  2. 2.
    Sibella
  3. 3.
    Bathsheba Smiles
  4. 4.
    Two Faced Love
  5. 5.
    Hard on Me
  6. 6.
    Crawl Back (Under My Stone)
  7. 7.
    Uninhabited Man
  8. 8.
    Dry My Tears And Move On
  9. 9.
    Walking the Long Miles Home
  10. 10.
    Sights and Sounds of London Town
  11. 11.
    That’s All, Amen, Close the Door
  12. 12.
    Hope You Like The New Me
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Release Date
1999
Tags
Pop
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