Little old man contemplates suicide twice a day
Life's passed him by
Little old woman scared and blind, left alone in desperate times
Life's passed her by
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
Close their eyes and dream of better days
Oh, life, it's misunderstood, yeah
Life's not always fair, or so they say
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Little boy with vacant eyes, daddy won't be home tonight
And he don't know why
His mother, she sits alone, tangled in the web she's sewn
She lives lie to lie
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
Close their eyes and dream of better days, oh yeah
Oh, life, it's misunderstood, yeah
Life's not always fair, or so they say
♪
Strangled, caged, left alone, doin' time in a broken home
Feelin' left to die
I'm a product of your troubled ways
You made me what I am today
Now you're asking why
Oh, life's misunderstood them
Close my eyes and dream of better days
Oh, life's misunderstood me
Life's not always fair, life's not always fair or so they say
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Restless soul deep inside searches for some piece of mind
Livin' just to die
I'm an angry man and I always have had to fight to survive my past
A sign of those times
Life, it's misunderstood me and
I know you know that you've been there too
Time, lets a restless soul fade away
Life's not always fair, life's not always fair, or so they say
♪
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Yeah, yeah, life, it's misunderstood them
Close their eyes and dream of better days
Oh, life, it's misunderstood, yeah
Life's not always fair, life's not always fair, or so they say
♪
Little boy with hopeful eyes, daddy's comin' home tonight
So don't you cry, so don't you cry
So don't you cry, so don't you cry