Billy and me were the best kind of friends
We were drinking every night
And most every night Billyâd keep the good times rollinâ
But every once in a while heâd get a look in his eye
Like he was lost and he couldnât go on
Heâd just say:
It ainât easy sometimes to see where youâre goinâ
It ainât easy sometimes to see where youâre goinâ
Billy and me weâd take the Southside bus
âbout once in every week
Heâd leave me in the bar and then heâd go off strollinâ
Heâd be back in an hour with money to burn
But heâd never say where heâd been to
Heâd just say:
It ainât easy sometimes to see where youâre goinâ
It ainât easy sometimes to see where youâre goinâ
There is a desert where no life does move
There is a darkness where no light does shine
Nobody can take your first step out of there
You got to do it yourself, you got to do it yourself
Friday night I was waitinâ in the Southside bar like before
Two, three hours went by Billy still wasnât showinâ
You know when I found him he was hurt real bad
And bleedinâ like I have never seen
He just said:
It ainât easy sometimes to see where youâre goinâ
It ainât easy sometimes to see where youâre goinâ
Call out your doctor, call out your nurse,
Call out your preacher too
You can call out your doctor, call out your nurse,
Call out your preacher too
But the will to live, you got to do that yourself
Thereâs no other way
The will to live, you got to do that yourself