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
The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities
- The Living Years
- Revolution
- Perfect Child
- Taken In
- You Never Change
- Try to Save Me
- Nobody Knows
- Too Far Gone
- A Time and Place
- Nobody Told Me
- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - 2013 Remaster
- Word of Mouth (East West Mix)
- When My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground
- My Crime of Passion (Acoustic version)
- I Get the Feeling (Live)
- Taken In (Live)
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Always The Last To Know
- Nobody’s Perfect
- Now That You’ve Gone
- Little Boy
- Help Me
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Over My Shoulder
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- One by One
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
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Going Going.... Home
- My Little Island
- Look Across at Dreamland
- Poor Boy Down
- Hanging by a Thread
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- Always The Last To Know
- The Road
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Background Noise
- If Only
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Did You See Me Coming
- How Can I?
- Heaven Doesn’t Care
- Revolution