Graham Parker Life Gets Better lyrics

I used to think that it all stopped happenin'
By the time you reached twenty one
They said, there's nothing like the first love you get, boy
They were wrong, oh so wrong
They hung on and hung on to their dream, I know

Ooh, life gets better, yeah, when ever I'm in her arms
Just to know I'm not the average fella
I'm the one, I'm the one for her

Well, it's a shame what they do to these young kids
Just encourage them to act like clowns
And then they think that they don't have much longer
Knocked up the first time she let 'em get down
Put four walls around and then scream but I know

Ooh, life gets better, yeah, when ever I'm in her arms
Just to know I'm not the average fella
I'm the one, I'm the one for her

Life stretches before me, an endless mystery
And nothing can bore me when she's with me
I feel the heartbeat of the world in the hands of this girl

But it takes so much time to, to finally see, see, see

I get a thrill when I think how it really is
No one can ever take that away
They try to put rubber bands around your heart
But they're wrong, oh, so wrong
They hung on and hung on to their dream but I know

Ooh, life gets better, yeah, when ever I'm in her arms
Just to know I'm not the ordinary fella
I'm the one, I'm the one for her

Ooh, life gets better, yeah, when ever I'm in her arms
Just to know I'm not the average sucker
I'm the one, I'm the one for her

Ooh, life gets better, yeah
Ooh, life gets better, yeah
Ooh, life gets better, yeah