Mercury’s “It’s A Hard Life” has piano passages redolent of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, while the opening is based on an aria from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. For the first time in ages, no synthesizers were used in the creation of this track and the melody and lyric (part-written by Brian May) make this one...
[Intro]
I don't want my freedom
There's no reason for living
With a broken heart
[Verse 1]
This is a tricky situation
I've only got myself to blame
It's just a simple fact of life
It can happen to anyone
[Pre-Chorus]
You win, you lose
It's a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah, I fell in love
But now you say it's over
And I'm falling apart
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
It's a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever
In each other's hearts
It's a long, hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another
Right from the start
When you're in love
[Verse 2]
I try and mend the broken pieces
I try to fight back the tears
They say it's just a state of mind
But it happens to everyone
[Pre-Chorus]
How it hurts (Yeah) deep inside (Oh yeah)
When your love has cut
You down to size
Life is tough, on your own
Now I'm waiting for something
To fall from the skies
I'm waiting for love
[Chorus]
Yes, it's a hard life
True lovers together
To love and live forever
In each other's hearts
It's a long, hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another
Right from the start
When you're in love
[Guitar Solo]
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
[Chorus]
(Yeah!) It's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching
For love in every way
It's a long, hard fight (Hard fight!)
But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself
And say I did it for love
[Outro]
Yes, I did it for love
For love
Oh, oh, oh I did it for love
It’s a Hard Life was written by Freddie Mercury.
It’s a Hard Life was produced by Reinhold Mack & Queen.
Queen released It’s a Hard Life on Mon Feb 27 1984.