You'll never walk on a ceiling if you've never been flat on the floor

And you can't soak up the sun if you never been stuck in the storm

You can't find somebody if you never let somebody else go

If you ain't hit a wall, you will never find a window.

You can never go up if you never been down, down, down

If you never been lost, you won't ever get found, found, found

I remember when my momma told me

"Ain't nobody in love who ain't never been lonely"

You can never go up if you never been down, down, down.

Love, ooh...

You can't hear the angels singing if you never played the devil a song

And you don't know what it's like to come back if you've never been gone

Yeah, you can't appreciate money

If you ain't been so broke it ain't funny

We're all kids on a playground sittin' on a see-saw

Hey-yaw...

You can never go up if you never been down, down, down

If you never been lost, you won't ever get found, found, found

I remember when my momma told me

"Ain't nobody in love who ain't never been lonely"

You can never go up if you never been down, down, down.

Love, ooh...

Uh, know what I'm sayin'?

(Everything's gonna be alright)

Everything's gonna be alright

Everything gonna be alright, said

(Everything's gonna, everything's gonna be alright)

So put your hands up if you've ever been down, down, down

If you never been lost, you won't ever get found, found, found

I remember when my momma told me

"Ain't nobody in love who ain't never been lonely"

You can never go up if you never been down, down, down.

Everything's gonna, everything's gonna be alright, said, yeah...

(Everything's gonna, everything's gonna be alright)