you didn't get a childhood
got thrown to adulthood
I know that you've had it rough before
but things would be better if you'd just let em' be better

I just want you to be happy
I just want you to be fine
I know you've had it hard now
I just want you satisfied
with your time

they say to break em' with kindness
but I don't think it's working
I don't think it ever will
and when I ask you how you're doing
you say you're doing bad and you never ask how am I

(but) I just want you to be happy
I just want you to be fine
I know you've had it hard now
I just want you satisfied

you work hard, you pay bills, you do everything
that you have to do
that you have to do
but is it even worth coming back when you think of
all the love you lose
all the love you lose

if you'd just understand that complaining ain't the answer
and that kindness ain't a weakness
if you'd just come to know that people aren't out to get you
and the world don't circle ‘round you

how I wish that he would've tried to understand me better
would've taken time to know me
how I searched for that love in someone else all these years
when it should've been so easy

it should've been so easy

it could've been so easy

(still) I just want you to be happy
I just want you to be fine
I know you've had it hard now
I just want you satisfied
with your life