Ain't that just the way that life goes

down down down down

Movin' way too fast or much too slow

He was a very special

warm and gentle person

Who put in music in the world

and spoke in rhyme

And it hurts me

that I never really knew him

'Cause all it would have

taken was some time

You know he always seems to be there

When I stumbled

And when mountains got

too steep for me to climb

And it tears me up to

think I never touched him

'Cause all it would have

taken was some time

Ain't that just the way that life goes

Down, down, down, down

Movin' way too fast or much too slow

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Not gettin' into someone I should know

Now he's in another place

I can't reach him

And I feel as though

I'm guilty of a crime

I took all he had to give

and gave him nothin'

And all it would have

taken was some time

Ain't that just the way that life goes

Down, down, down, down

Movin' way too fast or much too slow

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Not gettin' into someone I should know

Ain't that just the way that life goes

Down, down, down, down

Movin' way too fast or much too slow

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Not gettin' into someone I should know

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Ain't that just the way that life goes

Down, down, down, down

Movin' way too fast or much too slow

Gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down

Gettin' no, no, nowhere

Not gettin' into someone I should know

Ain't that just the way that life goes

Down, down, down, down

Movin' way too fast or much too slow