and you think you've seen trouble
well you're lookin' at the man ah ha
oh
the world's own original hard luck story
and a hard time losin' man
oh
sometimes skies are cloudy
and sometimes skies are blue
and sometimes they say that you eat the bear
but sometimes the bear eats you
and sometimes i feel like i should go
far far away and hide
'cause i keep a waitin' for my ship to come in
and all that ever comes is the tide
oh i saved up all my money
i gonna buy me a flashy car
so i go downtown to see the man
and he smokin' on a big cigar
well he must'a thought i were rockefeller
or an uptown man of wealth
he said
boy i got the car that's made for you