It's a maimed happiness   I keep trying to acquiesce   It's like a tempestuous child   You play with and humor to keep      Quiet as you possibly can   'Til finally it goes to sleep   Life takes a lot of finesse   It's a maimed happiness      Keep myself to every way   Both refined and uncouth   Then maybe once in a while   I can be with the truth      Don't know if there's that much to be said   For this world or the time that we spend   I doubt that I'd wanna live   This wasted life over again      Yeah, I been to the doctor   He said there ain't much he could do   "You got the human condition   Boy, I feel sorry for you"      There's a sorrowful joy   I've known since I was a boy   Joyful sorrow I guess   It's a maimed happiness