Everybody wants an easy ride   On the merry-go-round that we call life   Take your drive on cruise control   Then you wait to find out it's a winding road      I had my dreams in view   When the money ran out and the engine blew   Hung my tears out to dry   Then my dreams fell out of that clear blue sky      And I, I was walkin' the clouds   Feelin' so safe and sound   Then somethin' else knocks me down      Well, oh, that's the way it is   You gotta roll with the punches   That's the way it goes   You gotta bend when the wind blows      You live, you learn   You crash and burn   It's hit or miss   And that's the way it is      One fine day you wake up   Completely, hopelessly fallen in love   He's just what you're lookin' for   The only problem is that the man's not sure      Another guy will give you everything   Only problem is you don't feel a thing   Well I know from experience   Nothings ever gonna make perfect sense      Oh, one day you get what you want   But it's not what you think   Then you get what you need      Well, oh, that's the way it is   You gotta roll with the punches   That's the way it goes   You gotta bend when the wind blows      You live, you learn   You crash and burn   It's hit or miss   And that's the way it is      Yeah, they say your soul is growin'   But sometimes I feel like throwin' somethin'      And that's the way it is   You gotta roll with the punches   And that's the way it goes   You gotta bend when the wind blows      And that's the way it is   You gotta roll with the punches   That's the way it goes   You gotta bend when the wind blows      You live, you learn   You crash and burn   It's hit or miss   Oh, and that's the way it is      Oh, that's the way it is, yeah   That's the way it is   That's the way it is   You gotta roll with the punches   Oh, you gotta bend when the wind blows      Oh, that's the way it goes   That's the way it is   That's the way it goes, oh yeah   You gotta roll with the punches   That's the way it is   That's the way it is