This Life

[Chorus]
This life, this mean old life
Ain't nothing for a girl, for a trusting girl
This life, this mean old life
Is full of care and woe everywhere I go
I give my heart away but five'll get you ten
It comes back again
Can't live in this old life
Not for the life of me

[Verse 1]
Once I fell in love, well, in love
But it did me no credit
First, he said he'd forget me not
Then forgot that he said it
So I wrote a note, quote, "I'm yours"
But the skunk never read it
That's the cheating kind of a guy women find
In this mean old life

[Chorus]
This life, this mean old life
Ain't nothing for a girl
This life, this mean old life
Is full of care and woe
I give my heart away but five'll get you ten
It comes back again
Can't live in this old life
Not for the life of me

[Verse 2]
Where is there a gent with an arm
I'd be proud to be seen on?
Someone with a heart, very smart
That a lady could lean on?
I'm so full of trust, I could bust
For some guy to be keen on
Someone pure and clean like a well-oiled machine
In this mean old life

[Piano Solo]

[Chorus]
I give my heart away but five'll get you ten
It comes back again
Can't live in this old life
Not for the life of me
Can't live in this old life
Not for the life of me