The Animals - O Lucky Man! Lyrics

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 try not to blow it
Stay a lucky man! 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!

All the fakers and the takers and the talkers won't tell you
The teachers and the preachers will just buy and sell you
When no one can tempt you with heaven or hell
You'll be a lucky man!

All the fakers and the takers and the 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!

It's much better by far to be just what you are
You can be what you want if you are what you are
And that's a lucky man! Oh yes, a lucky man!
And that's a lucky, lucky, lucky man! A lucky, lucky, lucky man!