It's a pity it's a crying shame

He pulled you down again

How painful it must be

To bruise so easily inside

It's a pity it's a downright crime

It happens all the time

You want to stay your little daddy's girl

You want to hide from a vicious world outside

Don't cry

You know the tears will do no good

So dry your eyes

Oh your daddy he's the iron man

Battleship wrecked on dry land

Your mama she's a bitter bride

She'll never be satisfied

Do you know And that's not right

But don't cry

You know the tears will do no good

So dry your eyes

Oh they told you life is hard

Misery from the start

It's dull it's slow it's painful

But I'll tell you life is sweet inspite of the misery

There's so much more to be grateful

Well who do you believe

Who will you listen to Who will it be

'Cause it's high time that you decide

In your own mind

I've tried to comfort you

I've tried to tell you to be patient

They are blind

And they can't see

Fortune gonna come one day all gonna fade away

Your daddy the war machine

And your momma the long and suffering

Prisioner of what she cannot see

For they told you life is hard

Misery from the start

It's dull it's slow it's painful

But I'll tell you life is sweet inspite of the misery

There's so much more be grateful

So who will you believe

Who will you believe Who will it be

Because it's high time that you decide

It's time to make up your own

Your own state of mind

Oh they told you that life is long

Be thankful when it's done

Don't ask for more be grateful

But I'll tell you life is short be thankful

Because before you know it will be over

'Cause life is sweet

Life is oh so very short life is sweet

And life is oh so very short

Life is sweet

And life is sweet

And life is sweet