Life Ain't Easy

Well listen my son, you're just a boy I think you're old enough To know some things about your life Now yesterday is gone forever Don't you know, tomorrow's here in time First ten years at school, you won't be glad You've got to use your head Sometimes you'll make or lose a friend There will be disappointment when the teacher says: "It's nothing what you've done" And then there's Nancy But she's too young or something else And then there's Grace, a new heartbreaker She says: "I love you" And you're a hero for a while 'Till you find out, that she told you lies So life ain't easy It seems so easy But that's a lie I'm gonna tell you why It's finders keepers And losers weepers But some get by, and that's no lie It's finders keepers And losers weepers But some get by, and that's no lie Well then comes the day, you're on your own You've got to find a job And that's not easy all the time 'Cause yesterday is gone forever Don't you know, it's so hard to survive And still there's Nancy But she already has a date And still there's Grace, your own heartbreaker She says: "I love you" But you're no hero anymore 'Cause you found out, it's a hard time going So life ain't easy It seems so easy But that's a lie I'm gonna tell you why It's finders keepers And losers weepers But some get by, and that's no lie (Th. Tol/J. Tuijp/C. Tol)