[Verse 1]
Little old man contemplates
Suicide twice a day
Life's passed him by

Little old woman scared and blind
Left alone in desperate times
Life's passed her by

[Chorus]
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
So they close their eyes and dream of better days
Oh, life, it's misunderstood, yeah
Life's not always fair, or so they say

[Verse 2]
Little boy with vacant eyes
Daddy won't be home tonight
And he don't know why

His mother, she sits alone
Tangled in the web she's sewn
She lives lie to lie

[Chorus]
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
So they close their eyes and dream of better days
Oh, life, it's misunderstood, yeah
Life's not always fair, or so they say
[Verse 3]
Oh, strangled, caged, left alone
Doing time in a broken home
Feeling left to die

I'm a product of your troubled ways
You made me what I am today
Now you're asking why

[Chorus]
Oh, life's misunderstood me
So I close my eyes and dream of better days, yeah yeah
Ooh, life's misunderstood me
Life's not always fair, life's not always fair or so they say

[Verse 4]
Restless soul deep inside
I'm searchin' for some piece of mind
Living just to die

I'm an angry man, I always have
Had to fight to survive my past
Sign of those times

[Chorus]
Life, it's misunderstood me
And I know, you know that you been there too
Time lets a restless soul fade away
Life's not always fair, life's not always fair, or so they say
[Chorus]
Oh, life's misunderstood me
So I close my eyes and dream of better days
Oh oh, life's misunderstood me
Life's not always fair, life's not always fair or so they say

[Outro]
Little boy with hopeful eyes
Daddy's coming home tonight
So don't you cry (So don't you cry)
So don't you cry (So don't you cry)