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'... 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 have worked so lick 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'...