I'm gonna try to be that way   Once upon a time there lived a man   Many years ago in a foreign land   Knew how to live right, tried to be a light   Gave everybody a helping hand      I'm gonna try to be that way   I'm gonna try to be that way   Do the kind of things a man oughta do   Say the kind of things a man oughta say   I'm gonna try to be that way      He never done anybody wrong   He tried to help everybody 'long   He brought a better land to make a better man   Out of the rich or the poor   Or the weak or the strong      And he preached love and brotherhood   He went around doin' good, doin' good   Everywhere he went   They knew that he was sent   And the people started actin' like they should