GOT A CALL LAST NIGHT
FROM AN OLD FRIEND'S
WIFE
SAID I HATE
TO BOTHER YOU
WELL JOHNNY RE-FELL
OFF THE WAGON
HE'S BEEN GONE
ALL AFTERNOON
WELL I KNOW MY BUDDY
SO I DROVE TO
SCULLY'S
AND FOUND HIM
AT THE BAR
I SAID HEY MAN
WHAT'S GOIN' ON
HE SAID I DON'T KNOW
WHERE TO START
SARAH'S OLD CAR'S
'BOUT TO FALL APART
AND THE WASHER
QUIT LAST WEEK
WE HAD TO PUT MAMA
IN THE NURSIN' HOME
AND THE BABY'S
CUTTIN' TEETH
I DIDN'T GET MUCH WORK
THIS WEEK
AND I GOT BILLS TO PAY
I SAID I KNOW
THIS AIN'T WHAT
YOU WANNA HEAR
BUT IT'S WHAT
I'M GONNA SAY
SOUNDS LIKE LIFE TO ME
IT AIN'T NO FANTASY
IT'S JUST A COMMON CASE
OF EVERYDAY
REALITY
MAN I KNOW IT'S TOUGH
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
SUCK IT UP
TO HEAR YOU TALK
YOU'RE CAUGHT UP
IN SOME TRAGEDY
IT SOUNDS
LIKE LIFE TO ME
WELL HIS FACE
TURNED RED
AND HE SHOOK
HIS HEAD
HE SAID YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND
THREE KIDS AND
A WIFE DEPEND ON ME
AND I'M JUST ONE MAN
TO TOP IT OFF
I JUST FOUND OUT
THAT SARAH'S
TWO MONTHS LATE
I SAID
HEY BARTENDER
SET US UP A ROUND
WE NEED TO CELEBRATE
SOUNDS LIKE LIFE TO ME
PLAIN OLD DESTINY
YEAH THE ONLY THING
FOR CERTAIN IS
UNCERTAINTY
YOU GOT TO HOLD
ON TIGHT
AND JUST ENJOY
THE RIDE
GET USED TO ALL
THIS UNPREDICTABILITY
SOUNDS LIKE LIFE
MAN I KNOW IT'S TOUGH
BUT YOU GOT
TO SUCK IT UP
TO HEAR YOU TALK
YOU'RE CAUGHT UP
IN SOME TRAGEDY
SOUNDS LIKE LIFE TO ME
SOUNDS LIKE LIFE
SOUNDS LIKE LIFE TO ME