You've heard the story   You know how it goes   Once upon a garden   We were lovers with no clothes      Fresh from the soil   We were beautiful and true   In control of our emotions   'Til we ate the poison fruit      And now it's hard to be   Hard to be   Hard to be a decent human being      Wait just a minute   You expect me to believe   That all this misbehaving   Grew from one enchanted tree?      And helpless to fight it   We should all be satisfied   With this magical explanation   For why the living die      And why it's hard to be   Hard to be   Hard to be a decent human being      Childbirth is painful   We toil to grow our food   Ignorance made us hungry   Information made us no good   Every burden misunderstood      So I swung my tassel   To the left side of my cap   Knowing after graduation   There would be no going back      And no congratulations   From my faithful family   Some of whom are already fasting   To intercede for me      Because it's hard to be   Hard to be   Hard to be a decent human being