| When the going is smooth and good
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| Many, many people will be your friend
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| Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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| When the going is smooth and good
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| Many, many people will be your friend
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| But when the going becomes tough
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| Many of your friends will run away
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| When the going is smooth and good
 | 
| Many, many people will be your friend
 | 
| Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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| When the going is smooth and good
 | 
| Many, many people will be your friend
 | 
| But when the going becomes tough
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| Many, many of them will run away
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| Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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| But when the going becomes tough
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| Many, many of them will disappear
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| (That's bad, very, very bad)
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| And that is what I mean
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| And that is what I am saying
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| When the going is good
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| You will have many friends
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| But when the going is tough
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| Most of them will disappear
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| And they never come back
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| When they come back
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| They have come back to help in knocking you
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| Down, down, down, down
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| (That's bad, very, very bad)
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| And that is what I’m saying
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| And that is what I mean
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| When the going is good
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| You will have many friends
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| They will call you many names
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| They will say they love you
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| They will say they need you
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| And will say you are great
 | 
| And so on and so forth
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| But when the going is tough
 | 
| Most of them will disappear
 | 
| And they never come back
 | 
| When they come back
 | 
| They have come back to help in knocking you
 | 
| Down, down, down, down
 | 
| (That's bad, very, very bad)
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| When the going is good
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| You should keep your good friends
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| And when the going is bad
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| You should keep your good friends
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| And don’t try to help in knocking your good friends
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| Down, down, down, down
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| When the going is smooth and good
 | 
| Many, many people will be your friend
 | 
| Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
 | 
| When the going is smooth and good
 | 
| Many, many people will be your friend
 | 
| But when the going becomes tough
 | 
| Many of your friends will run away
 | 
| (That's bad, very, very bad)
 | 
| And that is what I mean
 | 
| And that is what I am saying
 | 
| When the going is good
 | 
| You will have many friends
 | 
| But when the going is tough
 | 
| Most of them will disappear
 | 
| And they never come back
 | 
| When they come back
 | 
| They have come back to help in knocking you
 | 
| Down, down, down, down
 | 
| (That's bad, very, very bad)
 | 
| And that is what I mean
 | 
| And that is what I am saying
 | 
| When the going is good
 | 
| You will have many friends
 | 
| They will call you many names
 | 
| They will say they love you
 | 
| They will say they need you
 | 
| And will say you are great
 | 
| And so on and so forth
 | 
| But when the going is tough
 | 
| Most of them will disappear
 | 
| And they never come back
 | 
| When they come back
 | 
| They have come back to help in knocking you
 | 
| Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down
 | 
| (That's bad, very, very bad)
 | 
| When the going is good
 | 
| You should keep your good friends
 | 
| And when the going is bad
 | 
| You should keep your good friends
 | 
| Don’t try to help in knocking your good friends
 | 
| Down, down, down, down
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
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| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher |