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Life ain't always beautiful Sometimes it's just plain hard Life can knock you down

it can break your heart Life ain't always beautiful You think you're on your way And it's just a dead end road

at the end of the day But the struggles makes you stronger And the changes make you wise And happiness has its own way

of takin' its sweet time No, life ain't always beautiful Tears will fall sometimes Life ain't always beautiful

but it's a beautiful ride Life ain't always beautiful Some days I miss your smile I get tired of walkin' all these lonely miles And I wish for just one minute I could see your pretty face Guess I can dream

but life don't work that way But the struggles makes me stronger And the changes make me wise And happiness has its own way

of takin' its sweet time No, life ain't always beautiful But I know I'll be fine Hey, life ain't always beautiful

but its a beautiful ride What a beautiful ride

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I never once, backed down from a punch

Well I'd take it square on the chin And I found out fast a bully's just that And you've got to stand up to him So I didn't cry when I got a black eye As bad as it hurt I just grinned when tough little boys grow up to be dads They turn into be babies again Scared me to death

when you took your first steps Well I'd fall every time you fell down And your first day of school

I cried like a fool I followed your school bus to town Well I didn't cry when old yeller died At least not in front of my friends when tough little boys grow up to be dads They turn into be babies again Well I'm a grown man but as strong as I am Well sometimes it's hard to believe How one little girl with little blond curls Can totally terrify me If you were to ask my wife would just laugh She'd say, "I know all about men" And how tough little boys grow up to be dads They turn into be babies again Well I know one day I'll give you away And I'm gonna stand there and smile But when I get home and I'm all alone Well I'll sit in your room for a while Well I didn't cry when old yeller died At least not in front of my friends when tough little boys grow up to be dads They turn into be babies again When tough little boys grow up to be dads They turn into be babies again