[ Предположительная тональность: E ] Intro: E A B x2 E A Some people ride the wave of generosity B E Some people ride the wave of mediocrity E A Me I ride the wave of never gonna drown B E Oh just fooling around E Now I gots the balloons A And you you gots the mud B And me I gots the snail E And you you gots the stuff E A Well you got so much more than I figure was in store B E Oh I ain't foolin no more E A Now some people ride the cat when asleep or when awake B E Some people ride a cat for riding a cat's sake E A Me I ride this cat cause its claws have got my eyes B E I'll get 'em back in a few more tries B E Oh I'll get 'em back in a few more tries E A Some people write the books that tenderize their names B E Some people write the books that bastardize our claims E A Me I ride the book that's sifting in the sand B E Aw, some day I'll understand B E Aw, some day I'll understand E A Some people write the songs that stay inside our souls B E Some people write the songs that really ain't songs at all E A Me I ride the song that ends right when it starts B E They'll split before they part B E Oh they'll split before they part