As I lie awake in the morning 

Just killing time 

I can feel the pain and the torment 

Building up inside my mind 

Have to get it under the counter 

Stop myself from going blind 

An excess is what I'm after 

Nothing less will satisfy 

So I walk the streets 

And I search beneath 

The cloak of decency that hides 

All that I need 

On which I feed 

Better give me 

Hard Core 

And so the urge returns again 

Hard Core 

Only thing to ease the pain 

Lipsmacking magazine when you're younger 

Hidden in my desk at school 

Big appetite increases the hunger 

Now I need it more and more 

Gimme little something to take until daybreak 

Or I will go insane 

It's building in me, need relief 

You better give me  

Hard Core 

Speak to me of things I like 

Hard Core 

Nothing less will satisfy 

Oh they lie to me 

So it's time to be on my way 

Speak of love but say 

We are way ahead of this place 

So so - so frustrated 

Never naked - never betrayed 

So so - so frustrated 

Never naked - never betrayed 

Take it to the limit 

I admit it you know 

Yes I couldn't give a damn 

Oh is it any wonder 

That I hunger 

Just can't give me 

Hard core 

Seeping back into my brain 

Hard core 

The only thing to ease my pain 

Hard core 

Get it while you can 

Experience it every day 

Hard core 

You want it bad you better pay 

Fax phone line just wanna flick through 

Anytime cataloguing while I kinda change 

I'm gonna order mine this time and 

I'm gonna watch you viewing behind a mirror 

Looking I'm out there ... do it 

Hard core 

Feel the need to return again 

Hard core 

Nothing less will ease the pain 

Hard core 

Hard core 



[Written and Arranged Glenn Tipton (c 1996 EMI Songs Ltd., ASCAP)]