It`s So Easy To Be Sad — текст песни (Gilbert O`sullivan)

See the statues in the square
They almost look alive
It`s amazing after all these years
How they`ve survived
Two young children gazing at them
Faces so forlorn
One is saying to the other
I wonder how they`re born

It`s funny how we always tend
To look back on our past
As if they were the only good times
That we`re ever going to have

See the river heading outwards
Watch the ships sail in
Notice how despite their size
They very rarely sink

Tell the man who`s watching with you
His shoelace is undone
When he looks pretend you didn`t notice
You were wrong

And anytime there`s trouble up ahead
Don`t get into a state
Where you wish you were dead
Just take your time and do
What you believe is right
It could turn out to be
A blessing in disguise-disguise-

It`s funny how we always tend
To overlook the bad
Doesn`t anybody know that
It`s so easy to be sad

Talk about doing what you do best
Seems to me the more you do
The less you get
All told I would say that it was pretty grim
Although on the other hand
I`ve got a ring

Mass unemployment`s at an all time best
Why not quit your job and take a well earned rest
Grow old on the dole
That`s the life I need
Everybody`s doing it so why not me