[Verse 1]
Little old man contemplates suicide twice a day
Life's passed him by
Little old woman, scared and blind, left alone in desperate times
Life's passed her by

[Chorus]
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
So they close their eyes and dream of better days
Oh, life, it's misunderstood, yeah
Life's not always fair, or so they say

[Verse 2]
Little boy with vacant eyes, Daddy won't be home tonight
And he don't know why
His mother, she sits alone, tangled in the web she'd sewn
She lives lie to lie

[Chorus]
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
So they close their eyes and dream of better days
Oh, yeah
Oh, life, it's misunderstood them
Life's not always fair, or so they say

[Instrumental Break]
Oh
[Verse 3]
Strangled, caged, left alone, doin' time in a broken home
Feeling left to die
I'm a product of your troubled ways, you made me what I am today
Now you're asking why

[Chorus]
Oh, life's misunderstood me
So I close my eyes and dream of better days, yeah yeah
Ooh, life's misunderstood me, yeah
Life's not always fair
Life's not always fair, or so they say
Mh

[Verse 4]
Restless soul, deep inside I'm searchin' for some piece of mind
Livin' just to die
I'm an angry man, I always have had to fight to survive my past
Sign of those times

[Chorus]
Life, it's misunderstood me
And I know you know that you've been there too, oh
Time lets a restless soul fade away
Life's not always fair
Life's not always fair, or so they say
[Guitar Solo]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
Yeah, life, it's misunderstood me (Misunderstood me)
So I close my eyes and dream of a better day
Oh (Oh), life's misunderstood me
Life's not always fair
Life's not always fair, or so they say, yeah

[Outro]
Little boy with hopeful eyes, Daddy's coming home tonight
So don't you cry (So don't you cry)
So don't you cry (So don't you cry)