Tell me the truth, how do you feel?
Like you're rolling so fast that you're spinning your wheels?
Don't feel too bad, you're not all along
We're all trying to get along

With ev'rybody else trying to go their way
You're bound to get tripped and what can you say?
Just go along 'til they turn out the lights
There's nothing we can do to fight it

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

I once knew a man, 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 along, touch your heart, then be gone
Like a flower, he bloomed 'til 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

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