It's a pity it's a crying shame. People hold 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 little daddy's girl. You want to hide from the 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 mamma she's a bitter bride. She'll never be satisfied 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 tell you life is sweet. In spite of the misery. There's so much more 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. They're all gonna fade away. Your daddy the war machine. And your momma the long and suffering. Prisoner 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 tell you life is sweet. In spite of the misery. There's so much more be grateful. So who will you believe. Who will you listen to. Who will it be. 'cause it's high time that you decide. It's time to make up your own. your own state of mind. Oh they told you life is long. Be thankful when it's done. Don't ask for more be grateful. But I tell you life is short. Be thankful because. Before you know it. it will be over. 'cause life is sweet life is also very short. life is sweet and life is also very short. life is sweet.