Ever feel yourself a-slippin’ on a cactus in the West
and you fall an' get a needle in the part you sit to rest?
Ever feel your faith a-failin’ and your trust in God go down
when your poor old head is ailin’
and the pain brings on a frown?
Ever feel old age a-creepin’ thru your body bone by bone
and your troubles come a-heapin’ when your problems are full blown?
Ever feel yourself just lonely with not a friend in sight
and you're troubled when you make them cause they never seem quite right?
Do you ever stop to wonder the reason WHY you slipped,
or WHY your faith is failin’ you or age has made you flip?
Or why you feel so lonely with not a friend in sight
to talk with you and understand the way you feel tonight?
Just stop and think a little bit just how you got this way
And where this misery came from that you woke up with today.
Perhaps there's just no outside reason why you're feeling blue, Cause MAYBE your worst enemy is just NO-ONE else but YOU!