Life wasn't so grand Until you threw a bone to me Life hasn't been bland Since you lifted the phone for me bone from me? I wasn't gonna stand For those violent waves of the sea I was so reluctant to grab The silent waves of the heat? ways of your __? And mistakes I was making That's life! Frankie tried to tell ya, Jimmy introduced you to the scene That's life! Sinatra's gonna spell it out Pursey' gonna wind up eating beans? That's life, that's life! Try doing to yourself, as you would do unto me (And I'm hardly listening) Supply screaming for the shelf That hangs above your sink (And don't bother undressing?) Cries brewing on your health Have gotten intoxicating (Crashing into my knees) Sties stewing on your stealth Will rot your well-being
(Stopping well short of Beijing) That's life! Frankie tried to tell ya, Jimmy introduced you to the scene That's life! Sinatra's gonna spell it out Pursey' gonna wind up eating beans That's life, that's life! That's life, that's life! [Instrumental Interlude] I'm trailing you the crumbs Of the currant white bread trapping I'm feeling every hump Of a wide tread tire marking I'm mailing in the hump To a wife's tired embarking Save prayers for the dying And thoughts for the hemorrhaging And the atheists will sing That's life! Frankie tried to tell ya, Jimmy introduced you to the scene That's life! Sinatra's gonna spell it out Pursey' gonna wind up eating beans That's life, that's life! That's life, that's life! That's life, that's life!