if you have a friend on whom you think you can rely you are a lucky man if you ve found the reason to live on and not to die you are a lucky man preachers and poets and scholars don t know it temples and statues and steeples won t show it if you ve got the secret just try not to blow it stay a lucky man a lucky man if you ve found the meaning of the truth in this old world you are a lucky man if knowledge hangs around your neck like pearls instead of chains you are a lucky man takers and fakers and talkers won t tell you teachers and preachers will just buy and sell you when no one can tempt you with heaven or hell you ll be a lucky man you d be better by far to be just what you are you can be what you want if you are what you are and that s a lucky man oh yeah a lucky man and that s a lucky a lucky a lucky man a lucky a lucky a lucky man