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

He was a very special worm and gentle  person, 
Who put music in the world and spoke in rime, 
And it hurts me that I never really knew him, 
'Cause all it would have taken was some time, 

You know he always seem to be there when I stumble, 
And when mountains got too steep for me to climb, 
And it tears me up to think I never touched him, 
'Cause all it would have taken was some time 

Ain't that just the way that life goes down, down, down, 
Moving way too fast or much too slow, 
Get nothing high, get dow 
Get no no nowhere 
Not getting into someone that you know 

Now he's in another place and I can't reach him, 
And I feel as though I'm guilty of a crime, 
I took all he had to give and gave him nothing, 
And all it would have taken was some time 

Ain't that just the way that life goes down, down, down, 
Moving way too fast or much too slow, 
Get nothing high, get dow 
Get no no nowhere 
Not getting into someone that you know 

Ain't that just the way that life goes down, down, down, 
Moving way too fast or much too slow, 
Get nothing high, get dow 
Get no no nowhere 
Not getting into someone that you know 

Get nothing high, get down, Get no no nowhere  x4 

Ain't that just the way that life goes down, down, down, 
Moving way too fast or much too slow, 
Get nothing high, get dow 
Get no no nowhere 
Not getting into someone that you know 

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