Other People's Lives

Where the grass is always greener where the grass don't grow You see everything in colour till you see it close Everybody else's street looks like it's painted gold Don't it always go that way Suzy wanted money to spend wanted some rich older man To take her from the world she was living in to the world on the other side Suzy was bored with her life wanted something more to do with her nights She said "Someday I'm just gonna pack it up and leave this all behind" She wanted a piece of paradise she wanted a change of scene She wanted to live the privileged life and nothing in between Other people's lives always look so easy When you're standing on the other side Oh oh oh other people's lives Johnny was tired of working all day working for the pennies for pay He said "Anybody's life in the world has gotta be better than the life I got" Johnny had big things in mind had big dreams just burning inside He said "Someday I wanna climb my way out of this climb my way right to the top" He wanted a piece of paradise he wanted to break way He wanted to live the easy life you know what people say Other people's lives always look so easy When you're standing on the other side Oh oh oh other people's lives always look much better When you're seeing them through different eyes Oh oh oh other people's lives Where the grass is always greener where the grass don't grow You see everything in colour till you see it close Everybody else's street looks like it's painted gold Don't it always go that way Suzy she's got the money to spend married some rich older man He gives her everything in the world she needs everything but love Johnny he's got the job of his dreams now he wonders is this what it all means He says "Sometimes you can have it all and still it's not enough" He wanted a piece of paradise she wanted a change of scene But sometimes you know that paradise ain't always what it seems Other people's lives always look so easy When you're standing on the other side Oh oh oh other people's lives always look much better When you're seeing them through different eyes Oh oh oh other people's lives Oh oh oh other people's lives always look much better When you're seeing them through different eyes Oh oh oh other people's lives Other people's lives other people's lives always look much better When you're seeing them through different eyes Oh oh oh oh other people's lives