In a little Pain

I left home when I was just a girl
Thought I’d learn some things if I saw the world
Took a flat in New York City
Got a job from 8 to 4
People looked at me but didn’t say a word
And in their eyes I saw a quiet defeat
In a little pain
In a little pain

Found some folks just like me
Full of life and full of trust
Together we thought we’d take the city
And change the world over night

We had great plans from A to Z
Good intentions turned to hypocrisy
Such a simple fate 
A simple fate

Ooh, it’s hard to change
When you’re on the edge
And it’s just good enough to go on 
To go on

Here you find your strengths and weaknesses
Some say you just mature
I learned to fit in like the others
I’m not that strong after all
Now and then, I look at a picture
Of my mother on the wall
Was it the same
Was it the same

Comfort is a good disguise
In can cloud you from the truth
Work your way to early retirement
Never know what was the root

It engulfs you with indifference
And you can easily lose your way
Just a little astray
Just a little astray

Ooh, it’s hard to change
When you’re on the edge
And it’s just good enough to go on 
To go on

I walked through Soho and saw the difference
Between life now and life before
I came here with hope and ambition
Squandered some how, some way

now I look at people and don’t say a world
And in my eyes there is a quiet defeat
In a little pain 
In a little pain