| 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 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| 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, many of them will run away | 
| Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! | 
| But when the going becomes tough | 
| Many, many of them will disappear | 
| (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’m saying | 
| And that is what I mean | 
| 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 | 
| (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 | 
| And 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 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| 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 | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher | 
| Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher |