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
Moving way too fast or much too slow

I'm getting up, getting high, getting down
Getting no, no, nowhere
But not getting 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 nothing

And all it would have taken was some time

Ain't that just the way that life goes
Down, down, down, down
Moving way too fast or much too slow

I'm getting up, getting high, getting down
Getting no, no, nowhere
But not getting into someone I should know

Ain't that just the way that life goes down

I'm getting up, I getting high

Ain't that just the way that life goes
Down, down, down, down
Moving way too fast or much too slow

I'm getting up, getting high, getting down
Getting no, no, nowhere

I'm getting up, getting high, getting down
Getting no, no, nowhere

I'm getting up, getting high, getting down
Getting no, no, nowhere

I'm getting up, getting high, getting down
Getting no, no, nowhere

Aren't that just the way that life goes
Down,

Moving way too fast or much too slow