Lyrics

Why Must Life Be Such A Fight?
Words and music by Kurt Michaels
Queyamsi Publishing 2023

I sleep alone in this bed of barbed wire
And wonder where I can be
I lay awake and I ponder this madness
Knowing the joke was on me
You sit in judgement thinking that you know me
Pretending you were my friend
I have travelled down this road before
And the truth will emerge in the end
Beating my head against the wall…Sanity seems to escape me
Working my fingers to the bone…system is trying to break me
I’ve always tried…to do what’s right
Why must life be such a fight?
Cause and effect or karma in motion? Who am I to say?
Sooner or later, you’ll get what’s coming…it didn’t have to be this way
They say that money is the root of all evil, which makes me a holy man
You stole from me without trepidation, and clearly that was your plan
Your cries for attention sicken me, so shallow in disarray
Your lies apparent and on display…you should be very afraid
(Why Must Life Be Such A Fight continued)
I’ve always tried…to do what’s right
Why must life be such a fight?
Survey the wreakage of good intentions as I lay here bleeding in my bed
The vultures feed but I won’t surrender…I cling to hope instead
You sell yourself out so very cheaply…I know you all too well
Your church won’t save you from the place you’re going…and you can sleep in hell
Superficial imagery, delivering nothing in kind
Bills left unpaid, you still deny…in your delusional mind
I I’ve always tried…to do what’s right
Why must life be such a fight?
Beating my head against the wal, sanity seems to escape me (life is a fight)
Working my fingers to the bone, system is trying to break me (life is a fight)
Your cries for attention sicken me, so shallow in disarray (life is a fight)
Your lies apparent and on display…you should be very afraid