You might get lucky some days, not a drop of rain
And you´re too long on the town and you leave your trouble on the train
And then there´s only doubt until you´re on your feet again
There´s only up or down

The lucky boys upstairs with their penthouse views
Making the ladies, making the news
And I´m taking the orders and pouring the booze
There´s only up or down

And they say no one likes a big mouth, yeah, but I´ve got one anyway
Big as any fat cat, I say what I wanna say
And I don´t care if you listen, and I don´t care if you walk away
There´s only up or down

Shooting little stars
Dying to be near
Burn up along the way
Into the atmosphere
Shooting little stars
Dying to be near

I told the young bond salesman just the other day
When I was his age I was sailing away
I sailed the Russian sea, I´ve seen the Phillipines
Down to Panama and all the way around

Sometimes there´s trouble on the ocean, sometimes there´s trouble on the shore
And there´s always someone hoping there won´t be trouble anymore
It´s an elevator, baby, get off on any floor
There´s only up or down
Only up or down