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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brent Mydland
Brent Mydland
Keyboards
Greg Collier
Greg Collier
Vocals
Harry Stinson
Harry Stinson
Vocals
John Batdorf
John Batdorf
Vocals
Tom Leadon
Tom Leadon
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brent Mydland
Brent Mydland
Songwriter
Silver
Silver
Arranger
Tom Sellers
Tom Sellers
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Silver
Silver
Producer
Tom Sellers
Tom Sellers
Producer
Joe Sidore
Joe Sidore
Engineer

Lyrics

The rent's due tomorrow
Haven't got a penny to my name
I'm trying to build me a lifetime
Think I better start a new frame
And I think I'm learnin' firsthand
About what it's like to be
To be a musician
And I can see
It's not an easy life
It's not an easy life to live
Guess that I chose the hard road
No use wonderin' why
I had hopes I would make it
Must have had my hopes up too high
And I think I'm learnin' firsthand
About what it's like to be
To be a musician
And I can see
It's not an easy life
It's not an easy life to live
And I keep on smilin'
Smilin', ooh
Smilin'
Smilin' to hide the pain
Inside I'm cryin'
Cryin', ooh
Cryin'
And it's hard
It's hard to explain
I think I'm learnin' firsthand
About what it's like to be
To be a musician
And I can see
It's not an easy life
It's not an easy life to live
It's not an easy life
It's not an easy life to live
It's not an easy life
It's not an easy life
Written by: Brent Mydland

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