When the Going is Smooth & Good - William Onyeabor

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