Oh, you know how it is When you try, but nothing's going right Oh, you know how it is When you say you're doing fine Now every day is just the same as all the ones before You love your friends, but you don't ever see them anymore And I kinda feel like Something is changing forever But I can't figure out the reason why Oh, you know how it is When you try, but nothing's going right Oh, you know how it is When you say you're doing fine Oh, you know how it is When the sky is crashing down again So then you laugh, but you really want to cry 'Til the tears run dry You walk the park in silence 'cause the kids have gone away And maybe this is me, but the planes all seem to fly so low these days And I kinda feel like Something is changing forever I can't be certain, but I think you know Oh, you know how it is When you try, but nothing's going right Oh, you know how it is When you say you're doing fine Oh, I know you do 'Cause I sure know it too