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 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 It's not an easy life It's not an easy life to live It's not an easy life It's not an easy life