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'...      [ fiddle - steel ]      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 hasn't worked a 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'...