[Verse 1]

Is it just

           
Me,    or are 

             
things gettin’

        
 out of hand? 

Around
             
here. The more

            
 I see, the mo

             
re one thing s

     
eems absolutel

y
             
clear. We won’

            
t all be aroun

             
d, to see how 

     
this thing tur

ns out
             
   So we might

              
 as well sing 

              
out loud while

     
 the end comes

 crashing near

 and it’s a si

mple
          
truth.        

              
It’s hard to d

 
eny.
             
    It’s getti

           
n’ simpler, ev

              
ery day that’s

 
 goin’ by
             
   But if you 

            
look too hard,

             
 you gonna end

         
 up with two b

lack
             
Eyes. And besi

              
des, you bette

  
r look at thin

gs riiiiiight.

 I

[Chorus]
             
Just want some

            
thin’ beautifu

          
l in this life
            
Don’t wanna wa

it ‘til the ot

her side
             
I just want so

            
methin’ beauti

            
ful in this li

fe
            
Don’t wanna wa

it ‘til the ot

her side
             
I just want so

            
mething beauti

             
ful in this li

            
fe, in this li

fe
             
  Before I lea

      
ve it behind.

[Verse 2]
You can read a-
          
'bout it.     

              
 In the mornin

  
g news
             
  You can plug

           
 your ears,   

           
or you can sin

g the blues.
           
  Whatever way

             
 you find, get

              
 yourself a li

     
ttle piece of 

mind and
             
  You better h

              
old on tight, 

   
no matter what

 you do. I

[Chorus]
             
Just want some

            
thin’ beautifu

          
l in this life
            
Don’t wanna wa

it ‘til the ot

her side
             
I just want so

            
methin’ beauti

            
ful in this li

fe
            
Don’t wanna wa

it ‘til the ot

her side
             
I just want so

            
mething beauti

             
ful in this li

            
fe, in this li

fe
             
  Before I lea

      
ve it behind.

[Solos]
         
         
         
        

[Verse 3]
Oh at the
           
end,    of thi

            
s long, long d


ay.
           
     Won’t hur

              
t a bit my fri

             
end to,  get o

           
n your two kne

es and pray. B

ut what
             
ever way, that

            
 you decide to

              
 spend this he

          
re earthly tim

e. You know th

e only real
             
Crime as far, 

              
as I can see, 

         
is not givin’ 

enough awayyyy

yy. So you
             
Come on down, 

            
come on down, 

             
come on down.
             
Ain’t no use d

            
raggin’ your f

              
lat feet on th

         
e ground.
           
  Kick your he

             
els up, high, 

              
right up, to t

   
he bye and bye

,
             
Kick a hole ri

              
ght in the bri

              
ght blue sky, 

         
let your light

 come shinin’ 

down I

[Chorus]
             
Just want some

            
thin’ beautifu

          
l in this life
            
Don’t wanna wa

it ‘til the ot

her side
             
I just want so

            
methin’ beauti

            
ful in this li

fe
            
Don’t wanna wa

it ‘til the ot

her side
             
I just want so

            
mething beauti

             
ful in this li

            
fe, in this li

fe
             
  Before I lea

      
ve it behind.

[Outro]