Released: October 28, 1988
Songwriter: B.A. Robertson Mike Rutherford
Producer: Christopher Neil Mike Rutherford
It must be hard
Being an angel
When the devil in your heart
Won't set you free
It must be hard
Being an angel
When the world has let you down
Imperfection all around
Hey look at me
It must be hard
It must be hard
It must be hard
Nobody's perfect
All of the time
Nobody's perfect
We are what we are
There's no perfect reason
And no perfect rhyme
For most of the time
That's what we're looking for
Gentlemen gentlemen please!
Can you please support the notion
Of what I'm saying here
That the person here in question
Must be an angel here on earth
If they can't see a human being
For what a human being's really worth
Gentlemen please!
Nobody's perfect
All of the time
Nobody's perfect
We are what we are
There's no perfect reason
And no perfect rhyme
For most of the time
That's what we're looking for
It must be hard
Being an angel
It must be hard
When the world has let you down
It must be hard
Being an angel
It must be hard
Nobody's perfect
All of the time
Nobody's perfect
We are what we are
There's no perfect reason
No perfect rhyme
Most all of the time
That's what we're looking for...
Being an angel
When the devil in your heart
Won't set you free
It must be hard
Being an angel
When the world has let you down
Imperfection all around
Hey look at me
It must be hard
It must be hard
It must be hard
Nobody's perfect
All of the time
Nobody's perfect
We are what we are
There's no perfect reason
And no perfect rhyme
For most of the time
That's what we're looking for
Gentlemen gentlemen please!
Can you please support the notion
Of what I'm saying here
That the person here in question
Must be an angel here on earth
If they can't see a human being
For what a human being's really worth
Gentlemen please!
Nobody's perfect
All of the time
Nobody's perfect
We are what we are
There's no perfect reason
And no perfect rhyme
For most of the time
That's what we're looking for
It must be hard
Being an angel
It must be hard
When the world has let you down
It must be hard
Being an angel
It must be hard
Nobody's perfect
All of the time
Nobody's perfect
We are what we are
There's no perfect reason
No perfect rhyme
Most all of the time
That's what we're looking for...
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Living Years (1988)
- The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities (2014)
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- Why Me?
- Get Up
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
- Black & Blue
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Stop Baby
- Always Listen to Your Heart
- If I Were You
- Something to Believe In
- Ain’t That Peculiar
- The Way You Look at Me
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)