once they had it all much mo than most kids had coulda had a problem with their mother coulda had a mean stepfather coulda had somebody leave them when they needed them so bad so bad so bad its the people that you re seeing when you pass them in your car they got a mother and a name they d probably feel the same if you were sleeping at a bus stop they were where you are your car in your car its a long way down it s a long way down it s a long way down it s a long way down daytime turned to night time there ain t no fakin now powders pills and everything try to shut it off somehow doing things you ought not do not givin a dam something got a hold of you you got trouble with the man you can t run away from that its a long way down its a long way down it s a long way down its a long way down it s a long way down it s a long way down