I was standing on the corner
Just killing time (time)
Watching cars for blocks
In a gas line (waiting in a gas line)
People everywhere
Is looking very sad (oh)
The pressure's so great
It's driving people mad

It's rough, so rough out here
Really really rough out here
Yes it is
Really really rough out here

Rent is getting higher (higher)
And salary's getting low (lower)
Truckers on strike
'Cause the speed is too slow
Paying twice as much
For everything you buy (huh)
Inflation's so great
You can't afford to die

It's rough, so rough out here
Really really rough out here
Oh yes it is
Really really rough out here (oh)

People out of work
Can't get a dime
Still they wonder why
There's so much crime
It's getting so rough
We all need to shout
May the Lord come down
And help us all out

It's rough, so rough out here
Really really rough out here
Don't you know it is
Really really rough out here

It's getting rougher every day
(Really really rough out here)
Well, people don't have a decent place to stay
(Really really rough out here)

Millions been laid off their jobs
(Really really rough out here)
No one cares

(Really really rough out here)
About this stealing and killing and dealing
(Really really rough out here)
With the pressures of poverty

No
(Really really rough out here)

(It's really really rough)
It's really really rough
(Really really rough out here)

(It's really really rough)
So rough
(Really really rough out here)
(We can't afford to die)
Can't afford to die
(Really really rough out here)
(It's really really rough)
It's really really rough
(Really really rough out here)

(It's really really rough)
So rough
(Really really rough out here)

(Can't get a dime)
Can't get a dime

(Can't get a job)
Yeah