She was a very special warm and gentle person Who put in music in the world and spoken in rhyme And it hurts me that I never really knew her 'Cause all it would have taken was some time You know she 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 her '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 I'm gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down Gettin' no, no, nowhere But not gettin' into someone I should know Now she's in another place and I can't reach her And I feel as though I'm guilty of a crime I took all she had to give and gave her 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 I'm gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down Gettin' no, no, nowhere But not gettin' into someone I should know Ain't that just the way that life goes down I'm gettin' up, gettin' high Ain't that just the way that life goes Down, down, down, down Movin' way too fast or much too slow I'm gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down Gettin' no, no, nowhere I'm gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down Gettin' no, no, nowhere I'm gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down Gettin' no, no, nowhere I'm 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