I wake up with  My dad tried to tell me,
 like his dad tried to tell him
 So I wouldnt make the same mistakes that they did
 But young ears dont listen
 Its the human condition
 So the same lessons learned again and again
 Seems no amount of preachin can save us from stupid
 Yeah the hard road to wisdom finds
 its way through it...yeah
 Were gonna hit some walls
 Were gonna need some luck
 Some doors will open, hearts will get broken
 You can play it safe or you can risk it all
 Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we blow it
 It aint always pretty, but its life as we know it
 Some things we bring all on ourselves
 No blame to pass onto anybody else
 And lightning can strike with no cloud in the sky
 And the innocent deal with the hand that their dealt
 Lifes not black and white not all right or wrong
 Its beautiful and tragic
 You blink and its gone
 Were gonna hit some walls
 Were gonna need some luck
 Some doors will open, hearts will get broken
 You can play it safe or you can risk it all
 Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we blow it
 It aint always pretty, but its life as we know it
 Its life as we know it
 Were gonna hit some walls
 Were gonna need some luck
 Some doors will open, hearts will get broken
 You can play it safe or you can risk it all
 Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we blow it
 It aint always pretty, but its life as we know it
 Ahhhhhh yeah...
 Its life as we know it.