Up And Down

I went downtown walkin' on the pavement
Talked to the bum 'bout overthrowin' the government
Big shot no more / smokestack / sidewalk
An' I can't take much more!
A generation nowhere in our own country
Outside the mainstream, we all dissipate
[I'll back a man but it brings me down
An' I can't take much more!

I been up, I been down
All my friends are underground
I been up, I been down
I can see things clearly now
I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . .

Sex, with hydrogen, running through my bloodstream
Underneath the stairway, I hear the gypsies scream
Brimstone hurricane, lost in the acid rain
An' I can't take much more!
Deadlines, on-time, hangin' on a clothesline
Down on the street, where they're lookin' for a mainline
Asphalt concrete is dangerous it's a sin
An' I can't take much more!

I been up, I been down,
All my friends have come and gone
I been up, I been down
I can see things clearly now
I said "Up!", ohhh, I said "Up!"

Solo

Listen to the radio, don't know where to go
Ridin' on a cyclone, anywhere the wind blows
Downbeat / sidewalk, can't hear myself talk
An' I can't take much more!

I been up, I been down
All my friends are underground
I been up, I been down
I can see things clearly now