When things go wrong this always happens to me
And I never get no answers
Or sympathy
They just say
Oh woah that's tough

One time in school I failed in history
Said to the teacher 'Why'd this happen to me'
It couldn't be my fault the test was too rough
She said
Oh woah well that's tough

What's tough
Life
What's life
A magazine
Well how much does it cost
It costs twenty cents
But I only got a nickel (a nickel)
Woah oh well that's tough

Then I was cheating and my girl saw me
She said that she was gonna set me free
I said 'Don't put me down now it's you I love'
But she just said
Woah oh well that's tough

What's tough
Life
What's life
A magzine
Well how much does it cost
It costs twenty cents
But I only got a nickel (a nickel)
Woah oh well that's tough

And then I got a call from Uncle Sam
Waiting in town to see the tax forms man [went into town to see the draft board man]
I thought if I told him of all my luck
But he just said
Woah oh well that's tough

What's tough
Life
What's life
A magzine
Well how much does it cost
It costs twenty cents
But I only got a nickel (a nickel)
Woah oh well that's tough

Is that all you're gonna say to me
(Well that's tough)
Won't anybody ever listen to me
(Well that's tough)
You're all against me all of you why don't you say so now
(Well that's tough)