Well, I am a good Midwestern boy    I give an honest day's work if I can get it    I don't cheat on my taxes, I don't cheat on my girl    I've got values that would make the White House jealous       Well, I do get a little much over-impressed    'Til I think of Peter and Paul and the apostles    I don't stack up too well against them I guess    But by the standards 'round here I ain't doing that awful       Lord, it's hard to turn the other cheek    Hard to bless when others curse you    Oh Lord, it's hard to be a man of peace    Lord, it's hard, oh it's hard,    You know it's hard to be like Jesus    Don't you know it's hard, oh it's hard,    Oh Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus       And it's hard to step out on them waves    Hard to walk beyond your vision    Oh Lord, it's hard to be a man of faith    Lord, it's hard (hard), Lord, it's hard (so hard),    Oh Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus    Don't you know it's hard (hard), oh it's hard (yeah hard),    Oh Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus       Well, His eye's on the sparrow    And the lilies of the field I've heard    And He will watch over you and He will watch over me    So we can dress like flowers and eat like birds       And it's hard when your soul had been stripped bare    Hard to lift your eyes toward Heaven    Oh Lord, it's hard to be a man of prayer    Lord, it's hard, oh it's hard,    You know it's hard to be like Jesus       Lord, it's hard to be a man of peace    But it's hard (so hard), ain't it hard (hard),    You know it's hard to be like Jesus    Don't you know it's hard (hard), and it's hard (yeah hard)    To be a man of peace (hard, so hard)    But it's hard to be like Jesus       And I'm trying, trying, try    Oh Lord, I try so hard    Don't you know it's hard    Oh glory, oh gracious    But ain't it hard to be like Jesus       Well, I am a good Midwestern boy    I give an honest day's work if I can get it    I don't cheat on my taxes, I don't cheat on my girl    I've got values that would make the White House jealous