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 alone We're all trying to get along With everybody else tying to go their way You're bound to get tripped, but what can you say? You just go along 'till they turn out the lights There's nothing we can do to fight it No man's got it made 'till he's far beyond the pain And we who must remain go on living just the same I once knew a man, a very talented guy He sang for the people, and the people would cry They knew that his song came from deep down inside They could hear it in his voice, they could see it in his eyes Well, he travelled alone Touched your heart and then be gone Like a flower he bloomed till 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 My man's got it made, he's gone 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