My dad tried to tell me, like his dad tried to tell him So I wouldn't make the same mistakes that they did But young ears don't listen It's the human condition So the same lessons learned again and again Seems no amount of preachin' can save us from stupid Yeah the hard road to wisdom finds it's way through it...yeah We're gonna hit some walls We're gonna need some luck Some doors will open, hearts will get broken You can play it safe or you can risk it all Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we blow it It ain't always pretty, but its life as we know it Some things we bring all on ourselves No blame to pass onto anybody else And lightning can strike with no cloud in the sky And the innocent deal with the hand that their dealt Life's not black and white not all right or wrong It's beautiful and tragic You blink and it's gone We're gonna hit some walls We're gonna need some luck Some doors will open, hearts will get broken You can play it safe or you can risk it all Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we blow it It ain't always pretty, but its life as we know it It's life as we know it We're gonna hit some walls We're gonna need some luck Some doors will open, hearts will get broken You can play it safe or you can risk it all Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we blow it It ain't always pretty, but its life as we know it Ahhhhhh yeah... It's life as we know it.