when i was just a youngster this man looked down and said he said what you gonna be when you grow up i just know you ll get ahead but it didn t turn out that way it just didn t turn out that way no matter what that old man say it just didn t turn out that way when i was a schoolboy my teacher said to me work hard do right you can be what you want to be but it didn t turn out that way it just didn t turn out that way no matter what that teacher say it just didn t turn out that way when i was a young man i looking for a mate i met this girl and we declared we d share a mutual fate but it didn t turn out that way it just didn t turn out that way no matter what we used to say it just didn t turn out that way well i became a wanderer left my old life behind i thought if i went far enough i d find my peace of mind but it didn t turn out that way it just didn t turn out that way no matter what i d like to say it just didn t turn out that way