Life Is Sweet Lyrics - Ophelia - Natalie Merchant

It's a pity, it's a crying shame 

He pulled you down again 

How painful it must be 

To bruise so easily inside 

It's a pity, it's a downright crime 

It happens all the time 

You want to stay your little daddy's girl 

You want to hide from a vicious world outside 

Don't cry 

You know the tears will do no good, so dry your eyes 

Oh, your daddy, he's the iron man 

Battleship wrecked on dry land 

Your mama, she's a bitter bride, she'll never be satisfied 

Do you know? And that's not right 

But don't cry 

You know the tears will do no good, so dry your eyes 

Oh, they told you life is hard, misery from the start 

It's dull, it's slow, it's painful 

But, I'll tell you life is sweet inspite of the misery 

There's so much more to be grateful 

Well, who do you believe? 

Who will you listen to? Who will it be? 

'Cause it's high time that you decide 

In your own mind 

I've tried to comfort you 

I've tried to tell you to be patient 

They are blind 

And they can't see 

Fortune gonna come one day, all gonna fade away 

Your daddy, the war machine 

And your momma, the long and suffering 

Prisioner of what she cannot see 

For they told you life is hard, misery from the start 

It's dull, it's slow, it's painful 

But, I'll tell you life is sweet inspite of the misery 

There's so much more, be grateful 

So, who will you believe? 

Who will you believe? Who will it be? 

Because it's high time that you decide 

It's time to make up your own, your own state of mind 

Oh, they told you that life is long, be thankful when it's done 

Don't ask for more, be grateful 

But, I'll tell you life is short be thankful 

Because before you know it will be over 

'Cause life is sweet 

Life is, oh, so very short, life is sweet 

And life is, oh, so very short 

Life is sweet 

And life is sweet 

And life is sweet