That's lifeYou know, that's what all the people sayYou're riding high in April, you’re shot down in MayBut I know I'm gonna change that tuneWhen I'm back on top in JuneI say that's lifeAnd as funny as it may seemSome people get their kicksFrom stomping on your dreamsBut I don't let it, let it get me downBecause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' aroundI've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poetA pawn and a kingI've been up and down and over and outAnd I know one thingEach time I find myselfLaying flat on my faceI pick myself up and get back in the raceThat's lifeI tell you, I can't deny itSo many times I thought of cutting outBut my heart won’t buy itAnd if I didn't think it was worth just one single tryI'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly‘Cause I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poetA pawn and a kingI've been up and down and over and outAnd I know one thingEach time I find myself layin'Flat on my faceI just pick myself up and get back in the raceThat's lifeThat's life and I can't deny itSo many times I thought of cutting outBut my heart, it just ain’t gonna buy itAnd if there's nothing shaking, come this here JulyI'm gonna roll myself upIn a big ball and dieMy, my