Hard To Be

You've heard the story

You know how it goes

Once upon a garden

We were lovers with no clothes

Fresh from the soil

We were beautiful and true

In control of our emotions

'Til we ate the poison fruit

And now it's hard to be

Hard to be

Hard to be a decent human being

Wait just a minute

You expect me to believe

That all this misbehaving

Grew from one enchanted tree?

And helpless to fight it

We should all be satisfied

With this magical explanation

For why the living die

And why it's hard to be

Hard to be

Hard to be a decent human being

Childbirth is painful

We toil to grow our food

Ignorance made us hungry

Information made us no good

Every burden misunderstood

So I swung my tassel

To the left side of my cap

Knowing after graduation

There would be no going back

And no congratulations

From my faithful family

Some of whom are already fasting

To intercede for me

Because it's hard to be

Hard to be

Hard to be a decent human being