William Onyeabor - When the Going is Smooth & Good lyrics

[Intro] C'mon! [Verse 1] When the going is smooth and good Many, many people will be your friend Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! When the going is smooth and good Many, many people will be your friend But when the going becomes tough Many of your friends will run away [Chorus] C'mon! Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher (x6) [Verse 2] When the going is smooth and good Many, many people will be your friend Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! When the going is smooth and good Many, many people will be your friend But when the going becomes tough Many of your friends will run away Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! But when the going becomes tough Many of your friends will disappear (That's bad. Very, very bad.) And that is what I mean And that is what I am saying When the going is good You will have many friends But when the going is tough Most of them will disappear And they never come back When they come back They have come back to help in knocking you Down, down, down, down (That's bad. Very, very bad.) And that is what I'm saying And that is what I mean When the going is good You will have many friends They will call you many names They will say they love you They will say they need you And will say you are great And so on and so forth But when the going is tough Most of them will disappear And they never come back When they come back They have come back to help in knocking you Down, down, down, down (That's bad. Very, very bad.) When the going is good You should keep your good friends And when the going is bad You should keep your good friends And don't try to help in knocking your good friends Down, down, down, down [Chorus] C'mon! Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher (x8) [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher (x6) [Verse 3] When the going is smooth and good Many, many people will be your friend Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! When the going is smooth and good Many, many people will be your friend But when the going becomes tough Many of your friends will run away (That's bad. Very, very bad.) And that is what I mean And that is what I am saying When the going is good You will have many friends But when the going is tough Most of them will disappear And they never come back When they come back They have come back to help in knocking you Down, down, down, down (That's bad. Very, very bad.) And that is what I mean And that is what I am saying When the going is good You will have many friends They will call you many names They will say they love you They will say they need you And will say you are great And so on and so forth But when the going is tough Most of them will disappear And they never come back When they come back They have come back to help in knocking you Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down (That's bad. Very, very bad.) When the going is good You should keep your good friends And when the going is bad You should keep your good friends Don't try to help in knocking your good friends Down, down, down, down [Chorus] Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher (x21)