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' 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.      --- Instrumental ---      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 has worked so slick 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' 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...