The Hell Of It - Paul Williams

Roll on thunder, shine on lightning

The days are long and the nights are frightenin'

Nothing matters anyway

And that’s the hell of it

Winter comes and the winds blew colder

While some grew wiser, you just grew older

And you never listened anyway

And that’s the hell of it

Good for nothing, bad in bed

Nobody likes you and you’re better off dead

Goodbye, we’ve all come to say goodbye (goodbye)

Goodbye (goodbye)

Born defeated, died in vain

Super-destructive, you were hooked on pain

Though your music lingers on

All of us are glad you’re gone

If I could live my life half as worthlessly as you

I’m convinced that I’d wind up burning too

Love yourself as you loved no other

Be no man’s fool and be no man’s brother

We’re all born to die alone, you know, that’s the hell of it

Life’s a game where they’re bound to beat you

And time’s a trick it can turn to cheat you

And we only waste it anyway

And that’s the hell of it

Good for nothing, bad in bed

Nobody liked you and you’re better off dead

Goodbye, we’ve all come to say goodbye (goodbye)

Goodbye (goodbye)

Born defeated, died in vain

Super-destructive, you were hooked on pain

And though your music lingers on

All of us are glad you’re gone