Ballad About a Boy Songtext
von alderman

Let me tell you something ′bout life you already know
It ain't all rainbows and butterflies
It′s a mean and nasty place
That will beat you to your knees if you let it
If you let it
(It's a mean and nasty place
That will
Beat you to your knees
If you let it)

Let me tell you what I thought
First time I laid my eyes on you
I thought this kid will be better than anyone
Anyone I ever knew
And you grew up good and wonderful
You grew up good and wonderful


Then the time came for you
To be your own man
And to take on the world on your own
And you did but somewhere
Along the line you changed
You stopped being you

You let people stick a finger in your face
And tell you you're no good
And when things got hard
You started to look for something to blame
Like a big shadow
Go on, blame the big shadow
(Not you, me or anybody
Is gonna hit as hard as life)

Not you, me or anybody
Is gonna hit as hard as life
And now it got you where it hurts
Oh, now if you know what you′re worth
Then go on and get what you′re worth
But be willing to take the hits along the way


(Take the hits and keep moving forward
It's the
Battle you can′t give in
And keep moving forward
Take the hits you can take
And keep moving forward)

Not you, me or anybody
Is gonna hit as hard as life
And now it got you where it hurts
Now if you know what you're worth
Then go on and get what you′re worth
But be willing to take the hits along the way

(Take the hits you can take
And keep
Moving forward
And keep moving forward)
Now wouldn't it be great
If this song were written to
Anyone else but me