Nobody knows you when you're down and out. Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, with never a care Takin' all my friends out for a good time Drinkin' high-priced liquor, champagne and wine; Then I began to fall so low; Didn't have a

The grass was greener The light was brighter The nights of wonder Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had

I, I did it all With every broken bone I swear I lived I owned every second That this world could give I saw so many places Hoping you take that jump But don't fear the fall Hope when the water rises

Yeah, I don't know where to start How do you admit that you're falling apart? I mean, how will I admit that I'm falling apart? My mother's gonna worry but I'm fine in my heart I've lived the words that I've said And I live with a voice that tends to tell

It ain't necessarily so The things that you're liable To read in the Bible, It ain't necessarily so. To get into heaven, don't snap for a seven Live clean forget your faults But with a grain of salt Jonah he lived in a whale Ain't necessarily so

Here's a song I sing for you About a girl that I once knew She lived in a great big house With golden gates where servants bowed Unashamed I'd sit outside and wait for hours Hoping that she'd climb down from her ivory towers This beautiful girl as pretty

And that was a dark depressing time for him, you know He did had one visit with his mother I think During the time that he lived with me and she brought Him a huge box filled with gifts you know clothes and all Kinds of little goodies and stuff and it

I, I did it all With every broken bone I swear I lived I owned every second That this world could give I saw so many places Hoping you take that jump But don't fear the fall Hope when the water rises

I swear I lived I, I did it all Oh,oh,oh,oh I owned every second that this world could give I saw so many places, the things that I did With every broken bone, I swear I lived Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall Hope when the water

Lived with you, If I ain't got you There's a light A certain kind of light That never shone on me I want my life to be There's a way, everybody say To do each and every little thing But what good does it bring, if I ain't got you