Vinegar Williams - This Is Life Lyrics

I once heard a song about a woman
It still runs through my head from time to time
It starts out awful low, just a guitar that's strummin' slow
And a singer who sounds like he's about to die

And I once read a book about a young man
Born into, but lost all of his wealth
So proud of all his charm. It never got him very far
And in the end he cried, "I only know myself"

This is life. This is love. This is tryin' not to give up
When everything hurts, and it just gets worse
I'll keep workin' till I finally break
'Cause this is life

And I once sat down and drank beside an old man
Who spun a tale of love, and war, and time
He said there's no use regretting, so we drank to just forgetting.
He couldn't drink away the sorrow in his eyes

When I'm old I won't much think about the weather
'Cause with that thick of skin it's all the same
So, I'll keep on trudgin' on, and I'll be humming that song
In the snow, or in the sunshine or the rain

This is life. This is love. This is tryin' not to give up
When everything hurts, and it just gets worse
I'll keep workin' till I finally break
'Cause this is life

Well, I once heard a song about a woman
It still runs through my head from time to time
It ends up awful low, just a guitar that's strummin' slow
And a singer who sounds like he's about to die