It's A Tough Job (But Sombody's Got To Do It) Songtext
von Lou Rawls

When the sky is falling and you′re looking round for somewhere to hide
Did you ever call out to someone
Did you ever call out to me, I've never been gone-
I′ve been right here by your side
There ain't nothin' but clouds
There ain′t nothin′ but clouds in your eyes
Why don't you believe it when you finally found the truth
Youve been drinking poison water from the fountain of youth
Why don′t you stop tearing up everyone you need the most You're so busy trying to get even
You never even try to get close
I can′t explain it away
It doesn't make any sense
To know what it′s like
I guess you gotta go through it
It doesn't matter baby
Loving you's a dirty job
But somebody′s gotta do it

There were times when we′d never fake it
There were times when we'd always make it
There were times when we′d take it to the limit
And we'd never, never, ever leave each other alone
We were flesh and blood and bone
There were times we had it all
There were times we had it all


There were times when we took our chances
There were times we were damn good dancers
There were times when we heard all the answers
In the beating of the drummer and the riches of the rock and the roll
I can see right through your soul
There were times we had it all
There were times we had it all

If your fears could only be forgotten
We could pull all of the barriers down
Would you follow your dreams′ desire
Would you follow your secret dreams and forbidden fire