I've always been so hardnHard to impress, harder to please, hard to hold on tonYou're easier than menEasy to love, easy to please, easy to cling tonnAnd here we are, as dim as morning stars dissolved in daynAnd here we go, with optimism's glownBecause I wake with an angel with her arms wrapped 'round this devilnWho has slept with a clear consciencenBecause he stands behind his girlnnOld habits melt like icenThat watered down the drinks, that poured into the sinks the night I met younAnd with no drunken kissnI went on my way, not knowing the way the night I left younnAnd here we are, as bright as evening stars that light the waynAnd here we go, with optimism's glownBecause I wake with an angel with her arms wrapped 'round this devilnWho has slept with a clear consciencenBecause he stands behind his girlnnAnd here we are, as bright as evening stars that light the waynAnd here we go, with optimism's glownBecause I wake with an angel with her arms wrapped 'round this devilnWho has slept with a clear consciencenAnd with no tantrums to resistnThe kicking, screamingnPounding fists were all because it led to thisnMe behind my girl