Natalie Merchant - Life Is Sweet

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