If I can help somebody as I travel along

If I can help somebody

In a word or a song

If I can help somebody from doing wrong

Lord my living shall not be in vain

No my living shall not be in vain

No my living shall not be in vain

If I can help somebody

While I'm singing this song

You know my living shall not be in vain

If I can do my duty as a good man ought

If I can bring back beauty

To a world up wrought

If I can spread love's message

As the Master taught

Then my living shall not be in vain

My living shall not be in vain

Then my living shall not be in vain

If I can help somebody as I pass along

Then my living shall not be in vain