Natalie Merchant - Life is Sweet lyrics

It's a pity

it's a crying shame

who pulled 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 wanna stay little daddy's girl

you wanna 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 mama she's a bitter bride

she'll never be satisfied, you know

and that's not right

don't cry

you know the tears will do no good

so dry your eyes

Well, they told you life was hard

misery from the start

it's dull, it's slow, it's painful

But I tell you life is sweet

inspite of the misery

there's so much more

be grateful

well, whom do you believe?

who will you listen to

who will it be?

because it's high time 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

all gonna fade away

your daddy- the war machine

and your mama- the long and suffering

Prisoner of what she cannot see

For they told you life was hard

misery from the start

it's dull, it's slow, it's painful

But I tell you life is sweet

inspite of the misery

there's so much more

Be grateful

well, whom will you beleive?

who will you listen to

who will it be?

because it's high time that you decide

it's time to make up your own, your own state of mind

They told you life was 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 will be over

because life is sweet

Life is oh so very short

life is sweet

and life is oh so very short

life is sweet