Climbin' every mountain, always killing me

Count the cost as days go by     

Monday I've got Friday on my mind

Why don't we make love

Instead of making plans.



Mother Nature, Father Time

Maybe it's the family of man

Angels cry when they hear that tune

It's sleepless nights for the man in the moon



And it's the rhythm of life

My mind's made up

Lucy's sign is a Chinese dragon

Oh, oh, she's got luck

The rhythm of life is the force of habit

Oh, oh, the rhythm of life.



Give the girl a future

Give her what she needs

Teach her life's a Iong flat road

Maybe she'll have better luck than me

Works so hard like he's still in school

His pockets are jammed, but this man's a fool.



Within the rhythm of life

My mind's made up

Lucy's sign is a Chinese dragon

Oh, oh-oh, she's got luck

The rhythm of life is a force of habit

Yeah-yeah, oh, the rhythm of life

Rhythm of life.



Oh, when out of sight is out of mind 

Shut your mouth, I'm doing fine

Mama's goin' back in time.



Instrumental



Within the rhythm of life

(Life goes on)

It's goin' on and on, hey yeah

(The rhythm of life goes on)