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Jimmy is a late night lover Teresa is the homecoming queen Randall is a high school football star just living that small-town dream, yep And Jessie went and joined the Navy After her and Terry broke up While Charlie ran off to Vegas and ran into a big long line of bad luck Everybody got their good days, bad days, ups and downs We're all on the same world Spinning around, flying with the birds Sinking with the stones, living on prayers Keeping up with the Joneses Some got a little, some got a lot Some of us are lost, some of us are not But everybody got their moment in glory 'Cause everybody got their story Ooh-ooh-ooh Janice wants to write like Faulkner Steven wants to sing like Bruce Now Dilly wants to smoke with Willie And come to think of it, I do too, yeah Sally's gonna be a ma-ma ma-ma At the ripe age of 17 And my granddaddy married to his sweetheart He just turned 83 Everybody got their good days, bad days, ups and downs We're all on the same world, spinning around Flying with the birds, sinking with the stones Living on prayers Keeping up with the Joneses Some got a little, some got a lot Some of us are lost, and some of us are not But everybody got their moment in glory 'Cause everybody got their story Yeah, yeah, oh, come on now I said, everybody got their ups and downs We're all on the same world Spinning around, flying with the birds Sinking with the stones, living on prayers Keeping up with the Joneses Some got a little, some got a lot Some of us are lost, and some of us are not But everybody got their moment in glory 'Cause everybody got their story Yeah, yeah Ra-da-dum, da-da-dum, da-da-da-da Yeah, n-n-n-n no, yeah Everybody, everybody Di-di-dum-da-da Ri-di-dum-da-da, dei Ra-da-dum, da-da-dum, da-da-da-da Yeah, oh yeah Hahaha, yeah Love is a word that's often misused But l believe love is a word that's not used enough