Story Behind The Song

No story - just a bemused reflection on the unsolvable infirmities of life.

Song Description

Classic 32-bar blues (AABA form) with some humorous commentary about the aches and pains of living and the conundrum that they pose.

Lyrics

It Hurts To Be Alive

Well, there ain't no doubt about it
I just ain't livin' right
I got fever in the daytime
I got chills in the night
My temperature's risin'
My body's takin' a dive
And it just hurts to be alive

You know workin' for a livin'
Gonna be the death of me
All the pressure and the tension
Gonna choke my arteries
Run myself ragged
But I just barely survive
Sometimes it just hurts to be alive

This vicious circle
Is spinnin' me 'round and 'round
It's gonna put me
Six feet under ground
I got to take it easy,
I got to take it slow
Please tell St. Peter
It's not my time to go

Repeat Bridge

Well, I tried meditation
And I tried EST
I tried takin' vitamins
Washed 'em down with LSD
I tried the solutions
But the cure just did not arrive
Sometimes it just hurts to be alive

I got ulcers in my stomach
And migraines in my head
Always coughin', always wheezin'
I really should be in bed
But if I'm in bed
How can I go to work to survive?
Sometimes it just hurts to be alive

I got aches
I got pains
Arthritis when it rains
I get cramps
I get colds
Scared of growing old
It makes me crazy
Cause there's nothing I can do
Sometimes it just hurts to be alive
Sometimes it just hurts to be alive
Words and music Ã,© 2002 by Douglas Harvey

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