I've been workin' all my life
   Workin' hard for all my life
   Tryin' to find a reason for livin'
   Tryin' not to take too much without givin'
   Never saw no rainbows in my sky
  
   But don't you see I'm
   Halfway over the hill
   I'm passin' over the hardest part
   I'm halfway over the hill
   It's gotta get easier from now on
  
   I've been runnin' all my life
   Lord, I've run for all my life
   Seein' joy and seein' people grievin'
   Seein' towns and don't remember leavin'
   Never saw no blue birds in my sky
  
   But don't you see I'm
   Halfway over the hill
   I'm passin' over the hardest part
   I'm halfway over the hill
   It's gotta get easier from now on
  
   Oh I'm halfway over the hill
   I'm passin' over the hardest part
   I'm halfway over the hill
   It's gotta get easier from now on