Natalie Merchant Lyrics
"Life Is Sweet"

It's a pity, it's a crying shame
He 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 ggirl
You wanna hide from the vicious world...outside

Don't cry
You know the tears will do no good, so dry your eyes
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

But don't cry
You know the tears will do no good, so dry your eyes
Oh, they told you life is hard
Misery from the start, it's dull
It's slow, it's painful
But I tell you life is sweet
In spite of the misery
There's so much more, be grateful

Well, who do you believe?
Who will you listen to? Who will it be?
Because it's high time that you decide
In your own mind

I've tried to comfort you
I tried to tell you to be patient
'Cause they are blind and they can't see
Fortune gonna come one day
Then all gonna fade away
Your daddy, the war machine
And your mama, the long and suffering
Prisoner of what she can not see

For they told you life is hard
Misery from the start, it's dull
It's slow, it's painful
But I tell you life is sweet
In spite of the misery
There's so much more, be grateful

So who will you believe?
Who will you listen to? Who will it be?
'Cause it's high time that you decide
It's time to make up your own
Your own state of mind

They told you life is 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
It will be over
Because life is sweet
Life is all so very short
Life is sweet
And life is all so very short
Life is sweet
Life is sweet