"Simple Things" lyrics

Father left home when you turned fourteen
Took the best, left the rest for the simple things
The simple things come easy when you've been used

Tried every drug in the neighborhood
But nothing can change your mind about the simple things
The simple things come easy when you've been abused

Life is cheap, money's free
These are what we call the simple things

Desperate now, gun to your mouth
Is death worse than life when you live for the simple things?
The simple things come easy when you've no choice

'Cause it smells outside from the atomic tide
You have no money and nowhere to hide
The simple things come easy when you've no voice

Life is cheap, money's free
These are what we call the simple things

The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free
The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free

I will try to protect you from within myself
Let the simple things run their course

The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free
The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free

I can't trust my family and friends
It's all around, they all want the simple things
The simple things come easy, if you believe

I'll draw my lines, choose my defense
When it all comes down they'll kill for the simple things
The simple things come easy, if you concede

Life is cheap, money's free
These are what we call the simple things

The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free
The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free

The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free
The simple things come easy
When the good things in life aren't free