Love is Worth the Labor

My grandfather used to say back in my day
And I learned about life from the things he would state
Although I still feel a deep love for that man
Not all that he passed on will be something that stands

Now everyone tells me just be who you are
They forget that I grew up in smoke filled bars
And the haze that raised me made it very clear
Why some people do anything to fog up the mirror

I won't use the excuse that I'm young
No I won't say its just where I come from
I wanna be better
Wanna be better
Better

There goes my stubbornness preachin' the thought
That you hate where you grew up if you choose a new song
But why cling to tradition if it all hangs on
The agreement that we don't care who it weighs upon

I wanna learn to say sorry a lot
And quit blaming the world for the things that I'm not
So when there is a lesson laid out on the table
Let that lesson be mine and may God make me able

I won't use the excuse that I'm young
No I won't say its just where I come from
I wanna be better
Wanna be better
Better

For the easy way may be downhill
But love is worth the labor still