In the arms of struggle
While bedding down with strife
Trouble loves to cuddle
In this life we find

Finders are reminders
Losers always weep
Nothing is as easy
As you thought it'd be

Climbing corporate ladders
You'll slip on missing rungs
Saddened is the debtor
Buried deep in loans  

Those that are in the know
Learn to play for keeps
Life ain't as easy bro
As you'd hoped it'd be

Nothing is as easy
As the fickle hand of fate
You can count on early
Never is it late

At first glance you don't
But now you kindly see
Nothing is as easy
As 1 and 2 and 3

You take what little's left
A smidgen of the truth
And with that bitter bit
Is it good for you

You shuffle right along
To the never-ending beat
Where nothing is as easy
As you thought it'd be