O Lucky Man

If you have a friend on whom you think

you can rely - You are a lucky man!

If you've found the reason to live on and

not to die - You are a lucky man!

Preachers and poets and scholars don't know it,

Temples and statues and steeples won't show it,

If you've got the secret just try not to blow

It - stay a lucky man!

If you've found the meaning of the truth

in this old world - You are a lucky man!

If knowledge hangs around your neck like

pearls instead of chains - You are a lucky man!

Takers and fakers and talkers won't tell you.

Teachers and preachers will just buy and sell you.

When no one can tempt you with heaven or hell -

You'll be a lucky man!