I don’t know how life got so complicated for us;
When we are angry we scream,
When we are hurt we cry.
I don’t know how life got so complicated for us;
When we talk, we speak the truth,
When we listen we hear,
When we hear we understand, and we feel.
I don’t know how life got so complicated for us;
When we love we give,
When we need we take.
I don’t know how life got so complicated for us;
It makes me sad,
The easiest parts of life are too complicated for us.
Robert Braunstein, 1971