twenty years ago saw a friend was walking by and i stopped him on the street to ask him how it went and all he did was cry i looked him in the face but i couldn t see past his eyes asked him what the problem was he says here is your disguise now he s hardly getting over it he s hardly getting used to getting by now he s hardly getting over it he s hardly getting used to getting by old man lays down by the railroad tracks got no paper in his pocket got no paper on his back i asked him what the time was he says to hit the road now jack went back to see him next week he died of a heart attack and died away now he s hardly getting over it he s hardly getting used to getting by now he s hardly getting over it he s hardly getting used to getting by grandma she got sick she is going to die and grandpa had a seizure moved into a hotel cell and died away my parents they just wonder when they both are going to die and what do i do when they die now i m hardly getting over it hardly getting used to getting by hardly getting over it hardly getting used to getting by now i m hardly getting over it hardly getting by hardly getting over it hardly getting by hardly getting over it hardly getting by hardly getting over it ha can t hardly get by by goodbye