When you go up on mountain top
And you look out across the sea
And you know there's another place
Perhaps a young man can be

And you jump down to the rooftop
And you look out across town
And you know there's a lot of strange things
[Incomprehensible] there

But it ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to go ahead
When you're goin' down

Well, the people have their problems
That ain't nothing new
Well, the hope and understanding
Bring you on through

Well, it can bring you on through
It can take you to the end
And that, ooh, woman
She can bring you down, yeah

But it ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to go ahead
When you're goin' down

Satisfaction, satisfaction
Don't know who is satisfied
When she, ooh, she takes it in
And she hold it deep inside

And she hold it in too deep
And she bite it with her teeth
And that, ooh woman
She can give you some relief

But it ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to go ahead
When you're goin' down
It ain't easy when you're goin' down