Songwriter: Ray Sawyer Shel Silverstein
Producer: Ron Haffkine
[Verse 1]
Well, here I am in the wind again
Floatin' where it takes me
Laughin' and splashin' in the summer sun
Until the alarm clock wakes me
[Bridge 1]
Then it's coffee and a kiss
And two cigarettes
And I'm back out in the cold, cold weather
Chasin' my dream but I just can't seem
To rub two coins together
[Chorus]
Sing it
Life ain't easy
They never said it would be
Life ain't easy
Whoever said it should be
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free, free, free, free
Life ain't easy
Tell me all about it
Life ain't easy
No, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free
For you or me
[Verse 2]
That woman
She don't understand
The way my mind keeps driftin'
And the Lord don't always
Lend a hand, when my poor heart needs liftin'
[Bridge 2]
Is home and kids really all there is
Or is there something better?
And how much soul must a poor man sell
To rub two coins together?
[Chorus]
Don't you know that
Life ain't easy
No, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
Ahh! Nobody said it would be
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free, free, free, free
[Chorus/Outro]
Life ain't easy
Can you hear me?
Life ain't easy
Tell me all about it
Life ain't easy
And nothing's free, free, free, free
Life ain't easy
Tell me all about it
Life ain't easy
No, no, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free, free, free, free
Life ain't easy
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
Life ain't easy
Well, here I am in the wind again
Floatin' where it takes me
Laughin' and splashin' in the summer sun
Until the alarm clock wakes me
[Bridge 1]
Then it's coffee and a kiss
And two cigarettes
And I'm back out in the cold, cold weather
Chasin' my dream but I just can't seem
To rub two coins together
[Chorus]
Sing it
Life ain't easy
They never said it would be
Life ain't easy
Whoever said it should be
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free, free, free, free
Life ain't easy
Tell me all about it
Life ain't easy
No, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free
For you or me
[Verse 2]
That woman
She don't understand
The way my mind keeps driftin'
And the Lord don't always
Lend a hand, when my poor heart needs liftin'
[Bridge 2]
Is home and kids really all there is
Or is there something better?
And how much soul must a poor man sell
To rub two coins together?
[Chorus]
Don't you know that
Life ain't easy
No, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
Ahh! Nobody said it would be
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free, free, free, free
[Chorus/Outro]
Life ain't easy
Can you hear me?
Life ain't easy
Tell me all about it
Life ain't easy
And nothing's free, free, free, free
Life ain't easy
Tell me all about it
Life ain't easy
No, no, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
And nothing comes free, free, free, free
Life ain't easy
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
Life ain't easy
Life ain't easy
more tracks from the album
Greatest Hits (1995)
- Carry Me, Carrie
- Hey, Lady Godiva
- If I’d Only Come and Gone
- Makin’ It Natural
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- Stayin’ Song
- Life Ain’t Easy
- Marie Lavaux
- Turn On The World
- Looking for Pussy
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- Acapulco Goldie
- Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball
- The Wonderful Soup Stone
- Penicillin Penny
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Queen of the Silver Dollar
- The Things I Didn’t Say
- Last Mornin’
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- Four Years Older Than Me
- Get My Rocks Off
From the albums
- Belly Up! (1973)
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon (1975)
- Greatest Hits (1995) (1995)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain