Tell me the truth, how do you feel
Like you're rollin' so fast
That you're spinnin' your wheels
Don't feel too bad, you're not all alone
We're all tryin' to get along
With everybody else tryin' to go their way
You're bound to get tripped and what can you say
Just go along till they turn out the lights
There's nothin' we can do to fight it

No man's got it made, till he's far beyond the pain
And we who must remain, go on living just the same

I once knew a man, a very talented guy
He'd sing for the people and people would cry
They knew that his song came from deep down inside
You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes
And so he traveled alone
Touch your heart and then be gone
Like a flower he bloomed
Till that old Hickory wind called him home

* My man's got it made, he's gone far beyond the pain
And we who must remain, go on living just the same

(* Repeat)
We who must remain, go on laughing just the same