What They Say

They say, "The good die young," but it ain't for certain I been good all day, I ain't hurtin' Not in any way I'm too old to die young I shouldn't talk too loud Bad luck is preying on the proud ones There's nothin' like lying in a graveyard To teach you to hold your tongue They say, "The Devil was an angel back in the beginnin'" So, was I nobody's pinnin' any hopes on me I ain't sayin' that they oughta I didn't wanna change, but the road kept slidin' in a funny way And I kept ridin' on it anyway Sometimes, you do what you gotta What they say, what they do They'll swear it is, they'll think it's true When they think it all, but they ain't willin' If they can't think of what to say, they talk anyway It's all cliché fast food for the brain, but not too fillin' They say, "Time and tide will wait for no-one" The time it takes one tide to go one time Around the world would leave you spinnin' But the race is on between the tide And then, the people livin' right beside it No one's drownin' yet, but they ain't winnin' If words were wisdom, we'd all speak And smarten up from week to week Just sayin', "Live and learn," there's nothin' to it Friends in need are the friends indeed But the friends who think of what we need They hardly talk at all, they just do it They hardly talk at all, they just do it