This Life Ain't Easy (But It's the One That We All Got)

Old friends, they grow old

Some don't make it at all

Those times, they were just gold

At the time, they were just small

And the moments we take in

And the hours that just pass

And the cities far apart

And the memories, they still last

The years we get busy

Caught up in this life

Of who we became

No time for thinking twice

If only someone said

That the days would sometimes end

We'd grow into something new

But we'd miss it in the blend

I got roses on my shades

My eyes are just a glaze

Responsibility was never, ever customary

Our innocence ain't free

Dream out loud and be

And you make me really see

This life ain't easy

But it's the one that we all got

Stories on the street

Tell me TV shows to see

And the music I should hear

Then you take me for a beer

You told me how you crashed your car

Told me how you went too far

No more drinking anymore

No more smoking, no more coke

Now the sun beats through my shades

And my eyes are just a glaze

And my house full of my girls

And my brain's dizzy in a whirl

So much responsibility

Sometimes I cannot breathe

But it's the here and it's the now

I wouldn't change it for the world

'Cause this life ain't easy

But it's the one that we all got

All the choices that I made

And all the fuck-ups I had to face

All the minutes on my own

And the loneliness I owned

And the hours in my head

And the things I wish I'd said

That I love you more and more

But it came out wrong for sure

And this monkey on my back

Has been living here for years

I got to know him pretty well

He likes to give me all my fears