If tears were like rubies and diamonds
And pain were only made of gold
And all of the heartaches we've suffered
Became our treasures, thought and soul
Now don't try and tell me a story
There's not a thing I can do
It's such a hard life
For me and you

If youth were just the latest fashion
And death only a state of mind
The poor would be as happy as kings
And the rich might not be so blind
Now don't try and tell me your story
There's not a thing I can do
It's such a hard life for me and you

If my book could only turn back its pages
And never let me know the end
And you and I had a world that I freed
And all the riches we could spend
Now don't try and tell me your story
There's not a thing I can do
It's such a hard life
For me and you
It's such a hard life
For me and you
For me and you
For me and you