It's hard sometimes trying to be a geezer
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A good bloke
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Five pints down the local pub
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Laughing at a filthy joke
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And sleeping around
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Just so that you can brag about it
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You've got to get the crumpet
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So you can blow your own trumpet
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And talking about football
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When you couldn't really give a fuck
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About Owen being injured
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And Watford's run of bad luck
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And cheering when a fight breaks out
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Even though you're feeling sick
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As a parrot
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But like a donkey to a carrot
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You can't help yourself
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Cos any sign of weakness
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Could be used to inflict injuries
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By one of your so-called friends
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To hide his own insecurities
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And nothing to look forward to
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But daily stress and bringing home the bacon
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And thinking about the other half of your wages
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The tax man keeps taking
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Staying strong emotionally
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When your soul is breaking
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And wondering when you're making love to your wife
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Is it real or is she faking
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And could it be that the most important things in life
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Are getting lost or missed
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When you're playing it safe
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One of the lads
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And scared to take a risk
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[CHORUS]
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It's so hard
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It's so hard
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Sometimes
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And sometimes
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It's so hard
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It's so hard
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When you're scared
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Its hard sometimes trying to be a geezer
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A good lad
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With pressures to get on in life
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And turn out like your dad
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And getting a house, dog, kids, car
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The whole kit and caboodle
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And making out you can't cook
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Apart from pot noodle
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Treating your lady with sensitivity
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Without the boys finding out
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And keeping your feelings under wraps
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So she'll never know what you're about
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Trying to be different
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But the same
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And trying to follow the rules
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Of the new game
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Staring at the picture in the frame
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An easier time, smiles shine
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Now almost everything's changed.
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[CHORUS]
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Well sometimes its so hard
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It's so hard
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It's so hard
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Yeah
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When you're scared to
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You're scared to
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You're scared to
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To take a risk
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To take a risk
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To take a risk
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Lesson One
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Just Jack |