Oh, Lord, it is not easy
Oh, Lord, I can't stand it no more
Oh, Lord, look now they're the young generation
Baby, mothers them want
The landlords them want
Mother and father of the get girl
The little I get make me fret
It is not easy
Really not easy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it is not easy
Oh, Lord, I can't stand it no more
Oh, Lord, look now they're the young generation
I work (I work) and I toil (I toil)
Yet I suffer (I suffer) all the while
Trying to live a life on my own
I don't want to end up like Al Capone
It is not easy
Really not easy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it is not easy
Oh, Lord, I can't stand it no more
Oh, Lord, look now they're the young generation
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