Well, I'm tired of livin' and I'm scared of dyin' I can't get ahead and there's no use a tryin' Things would better change and I ain't a lyin' Somethin' better happen pretty soon. Yeah, the people workin' around and everyday Are gettin' promotion and raisin' pay But I keep a workin' the same old way And somethin' better happen pretty soon. Yeah, the man next door owns a forty room shack Rides around ever day in a big Cadillac But I'm still walkin' that's a fact Seems somethin' better happen pretty soon. Well, I'm tired of livin' and I'm scared of dyin' I can't get ahead and there's no use a tryin' Things would better change and I ain't a lyin' Somethin' better happen pretty soon. --- Instrumental --- Well, everybody's got a girl to call his own But I keep on a livin' all alone Like a king without a throne Somethin' better happen pretty soon. Well, my brother Bill, he's a never broke He has worked so slick and that ain't no joke If things don't change I'm afraid I'll croak Somethin' better happen pretty soon. Yeah, I'm tired of livin' and I'm scared of dyin' I can't get ahead and there's no use a tryin' Things would better change and I ain't a lyin' Somethin' better happen pretty soon...