| If there’s anything in this world you want |
| Better go for yourself |
| Learn to pick it up with your own two hands |
| Don’t count on somebody else |
| If there’s a dream that you are working on |
| Don’t be surprised |
| If any old thing that you’re counting on |
| Just suddenly dies |
| Got to plan in advance what you know you’ll need |
| And carry it up on your back |
| Got to keep the things you need really close at hand |
| And tote them in your bag |
| When you’re alone be ready for rain to fall |
| On a sunny day |
| If ends just meet be ready to go outside |
| And break a leg |
| You may as well get it straight before you start |
| You’ve got a general plan |
| To walk a road here to there but be prepared |
| To dig it where you land |
| If lady luck supposed to come across |
| She won’t come through |
| If there’e the slightest doubt things could go wrong |
| It’s bound to fall on you |
| Oh I know it’s nice to think that things work out |
| And we’ll all make our goal |
| But I think a man is wise to only count upon |
| What his own two hands can hold |
| If by some chance your world should turn on you |
| Come a tumblin down |
| You’ll be at the place that I was at |
| When I wrote this song |