Broken oaths and broken dreams Prescribed by the means Above this Just trampling on your life Mama says "George, that's just life." And though I find it hard to grow and sympathize She said "No, sometimes in life people get put down But it's not their fault, It just the circumstances that they surround." And we'll say "Oh." We are all just people runnin' 'round And dah-dah don't let it now Don't let it get you down No, we are all just people runnin' round And now yeah now, now Don't let it get you down, down Yeah Oh And I said, "The world doesn't work like that And no Mama don't let it happen Cause it feels like I've gone against." And she says, "Now listen George, It's something you have to understand When you're all grown up and you're a man, you will say now." We are all just people just runnin' 'round And dah-dah don't let it now Don't let it get you down No, we are all just people runnin' 'round And now yeah now, now Don't let it get you down Down yeah oh yeah oh yeah We are all just people runnin' 'round And dah-dah don't let it now Don't let it get you down No, we are all just people runnin' 'round Don't you let it get you down Down yeah oh yeah oh yeah Get you down Get you down Get