Sometimes I'm 

         
tired and I wo


nder
         
What's so all-

fired importan

t
           
About being so

     
meplace at som

e time
        
Oh, but I don'

       
t really mind
             
Cause I could 


be on Easy Str

eet
     
And I know tha

t
         
You've got to 

              
take the bitte

          
r with the swe


et

          

          
I guess it get

/
s to everyone
            
You think you'

         
re not having 

fun
         
And you wonder

 what you're d

oing
 
Playing the ga

mes you play
        
Hey, well, it'

           
s true what th

  
ey say

If you want to feel complete

Don't you know that
         
You've got to 

              
take the bitte

          
r with the swe


et
            
A friend of mi

         
ne once told m

e
            
And I know he 

            
knows all abou

        
t feelin' down

                 

           
He said everyt

      
hing good in l

ife
     
You've got to 

pay for
            
But feelin' go

       
od is what you

're
       
Paving the way


 for


            

            
So, don't let 

           
it get you dow


n, my friend
            
Though it seem

              
s the blues wi

  
ll never end
           
On this you ca

      
n depend, they

 always do
        
And I can tell

          
 you that it's


 true
           
It's a feeling

         
 that can't be


 beat
   
And you've got

 to do it
         
You've got to 

              
take the bitte

         
r with the swe


et