Ringin' on the telephone, it up and say What's a man to do all the trouble 'round today? Heard it takes a man to sing a worried song Sing it now, but Lord, let it all go on too long Somethin' in the air, and it's like a southbound train Sun is goin' down, and it seems I'll be the same World keeps spinnin' 'round, say there's debt to pay I don't knowtoo busy with my life day to day But whosoever up against that border line The shadows of an ancient flame burn in time I was in Arkansas, workin' graveyard shift Movin' crates for with a big forklift were crackers, Coca-Cola, shoes and ceiling fans Two were marked Top Secret, headed for Chorus See on the sun, see a comin' thundercloud Nothin' persuade, but all will be allowed And some will seek their god from a in the sky Defendin' their affliction with a alibi on the telephone, pick it up and say What's a man to do all the trouble 'round today? I'm up the president, ask him what he say No answer, left a message, when he's back holiday Chorus Now the drums are poundin', them blowin' on the horn Two are on the hammer, and the fabric has been torn about to burst, floods are all around No more water, little Sylvie, I think I'm gonna drown on the telephone, pick it up and say What's a man to do all the trouble 'round today? Heard it takes a worried man to a worried song Sing it now, but Lord, make it all go on too long All go on too