Greg Wells

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A rockin song about a guy whinin' about how hard his life is.

A rockin song about a guy whinin' about how hard his life is.

You're born then you live then sometime you die
You got your ups and downs, times you laugh times you cry
Everyone thinks they got it harder than most
But everybody's wrong

Your kids need some crap and your boss he does too
Seems like someone is always needin something from you
You think that makes you different but it makes you the same
It's the folks that don't live through it that can be pretty lame

It's a Hard Life

They say that times are tough, they say that times are bad
I guess before was easy, why don't you go ask your dad
They say that life's a journey, more than the place you get
I'm not sure who they are, I'm not sure I've met them yet

It's a Hard Life

Now I'm running and I'm crawling and I'm scraping and I'm trying
and I'm clawing and I'm fighting and I'm praying and I'm flying
and I'm asking and I'm telling and I'm saving and I'm lying
and I'm yelling and I'm hiding and I'm living but I'm dying

But it doesn't seem to matter
It doesn't seem to change a thing

casue It's a Hard Life

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A guy on a ledge getting ready to jump. The vocal parts are his direct thoughts, and his subconscience.

A guy on a ledge getting ready to jump. The vocal parts are his direct thoughts, and his subconscience.

What am I doing here? - You're looking pretty scared.
on this ledge looking down - I bet you wish you didn't get out of bed.
I'm not sure I'm thinking clear - Your quick with the obvious.
So high above the ground - Aahh don't be a wimp!

Maybe I'll just back away - I said don't be a wimp!
I'm sure that crowd will disappear - Yeh, that's what's going to happen.
What's that guy down there saying? - He's trying to talk you down.
I wish that I could disappear - I think you're gonna.

It's not that I think I can fly - That's a relief!
I know I'll fall just like a rock - Unless you really can fly(?)
I should have walked the other way - It's a little late now.
and just jumped in off the dock - I guess that would work since you can't swim.

Is that someone I should know? - I wouldn't expect a Christmas card.
that guy in the baseball hat - man you got the eye's of a hawk!
or are they just here for the show - That's a pretty good guess.
to see if I bounce or splat - I think I'll go with B.

Now I'm getting pretty cold - That shouldn't be a problem
the winds really starting to blow - It'll do that when your standing on a building.
This is getting kinda old - You've been here for an hour
I guess it's time for me to go - I guess it's time for me to go.

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A loop-based song with a good groove about a guy laying dead on the road after killing himself, thinking he made a mistake.

A guy laying dead on the road after killing himself, thinking he made a mistake. Part of the story of the "Life" album.

As I'm laying here on the pavement everyone is looking down at me.
I guess I wanted some attention, but now I'm feeling dumb as dumb can be.
That girl in the hat looks pretty fine, I guess it doesn't really matter, perhaps some other time.

I'm not sure why I'm thinking, but I'm sure I think I am.
I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I'm sure not worth a damn.
I'm feeling detached and far away, I should have got my crap together some time before today.

You have to live with your decisions, unless suicide is one of them.
It's only been a couple seconds but I'd do things different all again.
I had some problems that seemed so bad, now I see they just didn't matter, now I see they weren't so big.

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12 string song about a guy figuring out he's been screwing up, and deciding how he's going to not screw up anymore.

Hhmmm sometimes you just have to admit that you've been wrong.
Hhmmm sometimes it's you're own fault when you're down.

When you're at the bottom everything's looking up.
Is it 1/2 empty or full in your cup?
It's funny how our problems often seem worse than the cure
But years later we can't even remember what they were.
I let some things go on for way too long
But I'll capture my new thoughts in this song.

If this was all a game I could just hit restart
But my past decisions have left me torn apart
I see things now in a new light
I see now how to make things right
I let some things go on for way too long
But I see now how to fix what is wrong.

I can listen I can tell I can joke and I can share a smile.
I can lose myself and share you load for a while
I can accept that not everbody see's things the same
Everyone is a picture of from where they came
I let some things go on for way too long
But I really believe the words I put in this song.

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Title song to the album "Life". In my mind's eye I'm playing the piano with a symphony behind me, I captured that the best I can.

This is the last song on the life album, where our main character, which I guess has a little bit of me in him, summarizes the main lessons he's learned through his life.

Life is more than just being alive
It's hopin' in your car just to go for a drive
It's climbin' up to the top of a hill for no reason at all.

Sometimes time seems to fly by
Other times it crawls, have you wondered why?
It's 'cause your waiting for things to come to you or doing nothing at all.

And I see clear through the time and all the years
All the laughter and the tears are what have made up my life
with my friends and my wife, the good times and the strife,
are my life.

Balance is the key to everything we do
You have to find out what works for you
Just make sure what you put in is more than you take out.

Don't be selfish and don't be mean
Don't just become part of the machine
It's not enough to just pay your way and raise your kids through school.

That's nothing more than yeast cells do
And you should expect a lot more from you
Think of some things that you can do that
will outlast all of us.

Spend your money, yeh spend your dime
Spend some thoughts and yeh spend some time
Don't forget to pause and love what's all around you
It's your life