i recall when i was young my papa said don t cry life is full of ups and downs like a roller coaster ride there ll be times you ll get so scared rollin down these hills but you hold on tight with all your might coz you don t know what you feel you go up down all around on a cycle that s never endin you got on this train when you were born and the wheels just a keep on spinnin like a roller coaster keeps goin faster coz i m goin past ya thrills comin at ya up down all around like a roller coaster i left home at just sixteen thought i d have some fun hitched a ride on a diesel truck headed for washington and now i know what my papa meant when he told me heart to heart son you ll find out soon enough life is just an amusement park you ll thrill like a kid you ll get so excited you hang on tight with all a your might as if your heart s ignited like a roller coaster it keeps goin faster coz i m goin past ya thrills comin at yaa up down all around like a roller coaster up down all around all around all around up down all around on a cycle that s never endin you got on this train when a you were born and the wheels just keep on spinnin like a roller coaster it keeps goin faster coz i m goin past ya thrills comin at ya up down all around like a roller coaster like a roller coaster it keeps goin faster coz i m goin past ya thrills comin at ya like a roller coaster it keeps goin faster coz i m goin past ya thrills comin at ya yea up down all around like a roller coaster