He was a ^Fvery special warm and gentle ^Cperson Who put the ^Fmusic in the world and spoke in ^Crhyme And it ^Amihurts me that I never really ^Emiknew him Cause ^Fall it would have taken was some ^Ctime You know he ^Falways seemed to be there when I ^Cstumbled And when ^Fmountains got too steep for me to ^Cclimb And it ^Amitears me up to think I never ^Emitouched him Cause ^Fall it would have taken was some ^Ctime Ain\'t that just the way that life goes Down, down, down, down Movin\' way too fast or much too slow Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere But not gettin\' into someone I should know Now he\'s in another place and I can\'t reach him And I feel as though I\'m guilty of a crime I took all he had to give and gave him nothin\' And all it would have taken was some time Ain\'t that just the way that life goes Down, down, down, down Movin\' way too fast or much too slow Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere But not gettin\' into someone I should know Ain\'t that just the way that life goes Down, down, down, down Movin\' way too fast or much too slow Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere But not gettin\' into someone I should know Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere Ain\'t that just the way that life goes Down, down, down, down Movin\' way too fast or much too slow Gettin\' up, gettin\' high, gettin\' down Gettin\' no, no, nowhere But not gettin\' into someone I should know Ain\'t that just the way that life goes Down, down, down, down Movin\' way too fast or much too slow