Hold on for dear life little man, little man   You'll be living with the cards that you've been dealt   You can hold the world in your hands, little man   But you'll never know the pain your mother felt      You may find yourself a middle man, little man   And you worry it's an ordinary life   Then one day you find you're in demand, lonely man   And in a moment she will want to be your wife      This is a complicated world   That offers you very simple days   Where all the simple minded people   Live in pure and simple ways   There are no ordinary lives   Only some ordinary days   Where all the ordinary people   Live in extraordinary ways      Then you welcome to your life a little girl, it's a girl   A little later than you wanted but to early for this world   And you can hold her tiny body in your hands, lucky man   She will overcome more than the other girls could ever stand      This is a complicated world   That offers you very simple days   Where all the simple minded people   Live in pure and simple ways   There are no ordinary lives   Only some ordinary days   Where all the ordinary people   Live in extraordinary ways      Hold on for dear life little man, little man   You'll be living with the cards that you've been dealt   You can hold the world in your hands, little man   But you'll never know the pain your mother felt