so you wanna do the right thing but you don t know when to start you wanna hear your voice ring but you can t find your part you wanna feel real special but you re afraid to be strange you wish things were different but you don t wanna change so you ve got yourself a plan but you ain t got no tools you wanna be the man but you hang around fools you wanna lead every dance but you ain t got no groove you re looking to advance but you re stuck and can t move now you ask the man upstairs where s my love this ain t fair are you up there ya ya ya ya make way ya ya ya ya this way ya ya ya ya make way sing tra la la la all day keep giving away your good thing and a good thing will come your way it shook you up but now you re thinking is he right or is he wrong maybe there ain t no meaning just like a silly little song and when you go move slow that s how you learn but you ve got to stop talking what you give is what you earn the man says of course i m here i m everywhere i m getting tired of you asking sing ya ya ya ya make way ya ya ya ya this way ya ya ya ya make way sing tra la la la all day keep giving away your good thing and a good thing will come your way