There was a time that I didn't have bread
I'm doing all right now in this life
Four loving babies and a sweet little wife
People and it ain't no dream
That handwriting on the wall
I know just what it means
Some will have and some people won't
Some born happy and some born free
I don't care, I'm happy as I can be
People that it ain't no dream
The handwriting on the wall
Ditches in the road that I got to hop
Hills to climb that I just can't stop
Bear my burdens in the heat of the day
Keep my chin up as I go along the way
People and it ain't no dream
That handwriting on the wall
I know just what it means
It's hard to rise than it is to fall
Hard to start than it is to stall
You don't know what it means
People and it ain't no dream
The handwriting on the wall
I know just what it means
Whole lot of things ain't going my way
I don't care now in this life
People and it ain't no dream
That handwriting on the wall
I know just what it means
I know the world wasn't made in one day
I know that things ain't going my way
Cause they ain't had no misery
People that it ain't no dream
That handwriting on the wall
I know just what it means
It's gonna be one awful time
Don't let it worry your mind
And the last will be first
I feel all right now, yeah
That handwriting on the wall
I know just what it means
That ain't writing on the wall
I know just what it means
Well, I feel it ain't no dream
That ain't writing on the wall