It isn't easy Being an angel Being an angel Isn't easy When the world turns upside down And you tumble to the ground They'll kick you when you're down It isn't easy Oh no! You asked Johnny Thunders for a cigarette But Johnny Thunders's packed in And went back to bed Even the Lord gets no mercy But Lord have some mercy on me! It isn't easy (It isn't easy) Being an angel (Being an angel) Being an angel (Being an angel) Isn't easy (It isn't easy) After they've screwed you around They'll come to shut you down You're on your own kid But you stand your ground It isn't easy You're the only one that I've been dreaming of I'm gonna give you what's left of my love 'Cause you're the kind of angel That was made for an angel like me But It isn't easy Being an angel You stand naked in the shadow of your god And look into his eye and say oh my lord Did I do all I could've done? On thy journey forth into thy kingdom come It isn't easy It isn't easy at all