Livin' - Carmen McRae, Sonny Lester

Never saw the sun rise

Or the sun go down

Busy keeping covered

In case the rain

Causing pain

Never sought to doubt it

Never thought there might be more about it

Than just scuffling through the everyday

Worrying about next week

Never stopped to listen

Never missed a chance to speak

Livin' ain’t been easy

Since time began

Dying is just the final rotten break

Funny how time flies

Till too late my friend you realize

That livin' ain’t so hard to take

Never sought to doubt it

Never thought there might be more about it

Than just scuffling through the everyday

Worrying about next week

Never stopped to listen

Never missed a chance to speak

Livin' ain’t been easy

Since time began

Dying is just the final rotten break

Funny how time flies

Till too late my friend you realize

That livin' ain’t so bad

Shoud’ve felt more glad

Cause livin' ain’t so hard to take

I said livin' ain’t so bad

Should’ve felt more glad

Cause livin' ain’t so hard to take