HEY BABE
WANNA HEAR A STORY
FROM THE WORLD
OF THOUSAND STORIES
SO CRUEL ARE THE STORIES
YOU JUST CAN’T HEAR NO MORE
‘CAUSE SAME THINGS
CAN HAPPEN IN THE REAL WORLD
AS CRUEL IS THE GAME
BAR IS MY PLACE
LIFE IS MY STORY
ARE YOU READY
I ASKED ARE YOU READY?
GO TAKE SOME BEER
WHISKEY WHATEVER
YOU NEED GO TO THE BAR
AS HERE IT COMES
DON’T BLAME ME
AS YOU SEE IT
AS YOU HEAR IT
THERE WAS A GUY
WHO JUST DIDN’T KNOW
HOW CRUEL IT CAN BE
WHEN TRAVELLING TO WORLD
WITH ONLY HOPE
TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE LIFE
LEFT HOME
WIFELET AND KIDS
WISHING LUCK
LADY LUCK TO BE ON HIS SIDE
SO THERE HE WAS
FAR FAR AWAY
WITH ONLY HIS HOPE
NOTHING MORE
NOTHING LESS
TO LEARN MORE
NOT FROM THE BAR
NOT FROM THE WHISKEY
BUT FROM LIFE
ABOUT LIFE
NO
LADY LUCK WAS NOT ON HIS SIDE
BUT AGAINST HIM

AND THAT’S THE ONLY WAY
TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT LIFE
WHEN THINGS DON’T GO YOUR WAY
HOME WENT THE GUY
TO KIDS AND WIFELET
AND HE LEARNED SOMETHING
ABOUT LIFE
AND CRUEL IT WAS
ALONE IN THE BAR
WITH GUYS LIKE HIM
TELLING THE STORY
SAME AS HIS
WITH WORDS LIKE HIS
STORIES THE SAME
ABOUT LIFE
SO CRUEL IS THE LIFE
WARM IS THE BAR
LIFE IS THE NAME
OF THE CRUELEST GAME
IN THE WORLD
WELL
WHAT DO YOU THINK
AS I TOLD NOTHING MUCH
BUT SURE HOPE
YOU HEARD SOMETHING MORE
THAN I SAID
‘CAUSE CRUEL IS THE GAME
BAR IS MY PLACE
AND LIFE IS MY STORY
MAYBE. . .

TAPIO 23. 2. 1998