[Verse 1: Peter Maffay]
Ridin' my bike on the open road
I don't worry 'bout the shape I'm in
Leave city dives and the jive right behind me
Lookin' for a new beginnin'

[Verse 2: Johnny Tame]
Passin' the cities, bein' nowhere at home
I just stop to have a drink and eat
People around me look so funny to me
I've got no relation to them at all

[Pre-Chorus: Johnny Tame, Johnny Tame & Peter Maffay]
Well, I would like to say that you can't run away
And some broken hearts would agree
But there's one thing you should remember, I can't stay
Until this weird life has brought me down

[Chorus: Peter Maffay & Johnny Tame]
Hard times, but I'm feelin' allright
We've had quite a ball
Hard times, there is somethin' to win
And not much to lose at all
To lose at all

[Verse 3: Peter Maffay]
Got what I wanted, now I'm looking for more to do
So I've put me on the way
Guess I should try not to hide what's inside of me
Thinkin' of you every day
[Verse 4: Johnny Tame]
When I look at the past, everything seems much brighter now
It didn't have to come this way
But here I am on a one-way street
I gotta make it to the end

[Pre-Chorus: Johnny Tame, Johnny Tame & Peter Maffay]
If you don't hear from me, you might understand
'Cause the sun is shinin' down on me
Hope you can dig it, for a short while to be alone
But I'll be missing you so much, babe

[Chorus: Peter Maffay & Johnny Tame, Johnny Tame]
Hard times, but I'm feelin' allright
We've had quite a ball
Hard times, there is somethin' to win
And not much to lose at all
I tell you there are hard times, but I'm feelin' allright
We've had quite a ball
Hard times, there is somethin' to win
And not much to lose all