[Verse 1]

You walk small

Show them that you’re kind

Stand down

Give them some peace of mind

Act coy

Show off your giving side

They don’t know how hard you try

[Chorus 1]

Try to be okay

How hard it is to be okay for you

How hard it is to be you and free and easy

Well you had to put her in her place

Yeah, how hard it is to be you and free and easy

Well you had to put her in her place

[Verse 2]

She didn’t see how hard you tried

(How hard you tried)

She didn’t care what was inside of you

She’s just-just not loving kind, maybe

That’s why-that's why-that's why-that's why

[Chorus 2]

It’s hard to be okay

It’s so hard-hard to be okay for you

It's so hard-hard to be you and free and easy

But you had to put her in her place