Billy and me were the best kind of friends 

We were drinking every night 



And most every night Billy'd keep the good times rollin' 

But every once in a while he'd get a look in his eye 

Like he was lost and he couldn't go on 

He'd just say: 



It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 

It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 



Billy and me we'd take the Southside bus 

‘bout once in every week 

He'd leave me in the bar and then he'd go off strollin' 

He'd be back in an hour with money to burn 

But he'd never say where he'd been to 

He'd just say: 



It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 

It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 



There is a desert where no life does move 

There is a darkness where no light does shine 

Nobody can take your first step out of there 

You got to do it yourself, you got to do it yourself 



Friday night I was waitin' in the Southside bar like before 

Two, three hours went by Billy still wasn't showin' 

You know when I found him he was hurt real bad 

And bleedin' like I have never seen 

He just said: 



It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 

It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 



Call out your doctor, call out your nurse, 

Call out your preacher too 

You can call out your doctor, call out your nurse, 

Call out your preacher too 

But the will to live, you got to do that yourself 

There's no other way 

The will to live, you got to do that yourself