I'm Not Down

If it's true, a rich man leads a sad life

That's what they say, from day to day

Then what do all the poor do with their lives on judgement day?

With nothing to say

I've been beat up, I've been thrown out

But I'm not down, oh, I'm not down

I've been shown up, but I've grown up

And I'm not down, no, I'm not down

On my own I faced a gang of jeering in strange streets, oh-oh

When my nerves were pumping and I fought my fear in

I didn't run

I was not done

I've been beat up, I've been thrown out

But I'm not down, no, I'm not down

I've been shown up, but I've grown up

And I'm not down, no, I'm not down

'Cause I've lived that kind of day

When none of your sorrows will go away

It goes down and down, and hit the floor

Down and down and down some more, depression

But I know there'll be some way

When I can swing everything back my way

Like skyscrapers rising up

Floor by floor, I'm not giving up

So you rock around and think that you're the toughest

In the world, the whole wide world

But you're streets away from where it gets the roughest

You ain't been there

I've been beat up, I've been thrown out

But I'm not down, no, I'm not down

I've been shown up, but I've grown up

And I'm not down, no, I'm not down

I'm not down, no, I'm not down

No, I'm not down, no, I'm not down

No, I'm not down, no, I'm not down

No, I'm not down, I'm not down