For the want of a marker, the doctors lost their place   For the want of a cut-line, they couldn't lift his face   For the want of a face lift, his ratings dropped   Then the sitcom folded, then the network flopped      After the climb   After time turns designs to despair   It is good, nothing's fair   It's all who you know      For the want of a cough drop, the musher's throat went hoarse   For the want of direction, the huskies went off course   Then the sled got snowbound, it took some time to free 'em   Now they're on display inside the British museum      After the climb   After time turns designs to despair   It is good, nothing's fair   It's all who you know      And after the fall   After all of our strivings are dust   Even so, good for us   It's all who you know      For the want of a compass, we'd be shuffling charts   For the want of good radar, we'd be glacier parts   For the want of a lighthouse, can't you see?   We'd be lost at sea, lost at sea      After the climb   After time turns designs to despair   It is good, nothing's fair   It's all who you know      And after the fall   After all of our strivings are dust   Even so, good for us   It's all who you know