Billy and me were the best kind of friends 
We were drinking every night 

And most every night Billy'd keep the good times rollin' 
But every once in a while he'd get a look in his eye 
Like he was lost and he couldn't go on 
He'd just say: 

It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 
It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 

Billy and me we'd take the Southside bus 
‘bout once in every week 
He'd leave me in the bar and then he'd go off strollin' 
He'd be back in an hour with money to burn 
But he'd never say where he'd been to 
He'd just say: 

It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 
It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 

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 waitin' in the Southside bar like before 
Two, three hours went by Billy still wasn't showin' 
You know when I found him he was hurt real bad 
And bleedin' like I have never seen 
He just said: 

It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 
It ain't easy sometimes to see where you're goin' 

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 
There's no other way 
The will to live, you got to do that yourself