[Intro]
          
Uhh Uh-uhh Uh-

       
uhh  Uh-uhh


[Verse 1]
             
He was a very 

              
special warm a

          
nd gentle pers

on
             
who put the mu

              
sic in the wor

              
ld and spoke i

  
n rhyme
           
and it hurts m

              
e that I never

          
 really knew h

im
             
'cause all it 

              
would have tak

              
en was some ti


me

             
you know he al

              
ways seemed to

              
 be there when

    
 I stumbled
             
and when mount

              
ains got too s

              
teep for me to

   
 climb
           
and it tears m

              
e up to think 

          
I never touche

d him
             
'cause all it 

              
would have tak

              
en was some ti


me


[Chorus]

Oh oh ohhh
      
Well, ain't th

at just the wa

y that life go

es

down, down, do

wn, down
             
movin' way too

              
 fast or much 

    
too slow

 gettin' up, g

ettin' high, g

ettin' down
        
gettin' no, no

, nowhere
             
but not gettin

              
' into someone

            
 I should know


[Verse 2]
             
Now he's in an

              
other place an

           
d I can't reac

h him
             
and I feel as 

              
though I'm gui

          
lty of a crime
           
I took all he 

              
had to give an

            
d gave him not

hin'
             
and all it wou

              
ld have taken 

           
was some time


[Chorus]

Oh oh ohhh
      
Well, ain't th

at just the wa

y that life go

es

down, down, do

wn, down
             
movin' way too

              
 fast or much 

    
too slow

 gettin' up, g

ettin' high, g

ettin' down
        
gettin' no, no

, nowhere
             
but not gettin

              
' into someone

            
 I should know



[Chorus]
      
Well, ain't th

at just the wa

y that life go

es

down, down, do

wn, down
             
movin' way too

              
 fast or much 

    
too slow

 gettin' up, g

ettin' high, g

ettin' down
        
gettin' no, no

, nowhere
             
not gettin' in

              
to someone I s

       
hould know


[Bridge]
        
Gettin' up get

tin' high, get

tin' down,
        
gettin' no, no

,
        
Gettin' up get

tin' high, get

tin' down,
        
gettin' no, no

,
        
Gettin' up get

tin' high, get

tin' down,
        
gettin' no, no

,
        
Gettin' up get

tin' high, get

tin' down,
        
gettin' no, no

,


[Chorus]
      
Well, ain't th

at just the wa

y that life go

es

down, down, do

wn, down
             
movin' way too

              
 fast or much 

    
too slow

 gettin' up, g

ettin' high, g

ettin' down
        
gettin' no, no

, nowhere
             
not gettin' in

              
to someone I s

       
hould know