Well, I'm tired of livin' and I'm scared of dyin' I can't get ahead and there's no use tryin' Things would better change and I ain't lyin' Somethin' better happen pretty soon Yeah, the people workin' around me everyday Are gettin' promotion and raisin' pay But I keep workin' the same old way and And somethin' better happen pretty soon Yeah, the man next door owns a 40 room shack Rides around everyday in a big Cadillac But I'm still walkin', that's a fact And 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 tryin' Things would better change and I ain't lyin' Somethin' better happen pretty soon ♪ Well, everybody's got a girl to call his own But I keep on livin' all alone Like a king without a throne Somethin' better happen pretty soon Well, my brother Bill, he's never broke He never 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 tryin' Things would better change and I ain't lyin' Somethin' better happen pretty soon Yeah, somethin' better happen pretty soon