Well I wake up in the morning, try to set my hook I used to be a settled boy, never stumbled or shook But now, I've got no hand to hold, no friend to call my own Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got So maybe I'll pick up and go, with no thinkin' through Just sleep out every night and try to forget you I'd look out on some ocean, wash my head in blue Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got ♪ Been a-rockin' and a-rollin', reelin' in my time I set myself up fancy-like, and set a brand new line Well, I oughta know by now, it comes and goes it's true Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got Mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm Well, thinkin' ain't no pastime and thinkin' ain't no friend If all you do is sit around and think about the end Maybe I will get to prayin' someday before I'm through Well I ain't the one to ask much of big men in the sky, but it's all I've got