The rent's due tomorrow Haven't got a penny to my name I'm trying to build me a lifetime Think I better start a new frame And I think I'm learnin' first hand About what it's like to be To be a musician And I can see It's not an easy life It's not an easy life to live Guess that I chose the hard road No use wonderin' why I had hopes I would make it Must have had my hopes up too high And I think I'm learnin' first hand About what it's like to be To be a musician And I can see It's not an easy life It's not an easy life to live And I keep on smilin' Ooooh smilin' Smilin' to hide the pain Inside I'm cryin' Ooooh cryin' And it's hard It's hard to explain And I think I'm lecrnin first hand About what it's like to be To be a musician And I can see It's not an easy life It's not an easy life to live