When things are going well, Sinatra: "... But through it all, when there was doubt, / I ate it up, and spit it out. / I faced it all / And I stood tall / And d

When things are going well, Sinatra: "... But through it all, when there was doubt, / I ate it up, and spit it out. / I faced it all / And I stood tall / And did it my way. / ... For what is a man, what has he got / If not himself, then he has naught / To say the things he truly feels / And not the words of one who kneels. / The record shows / I took the blows / And did it myyyyyyy way" When things are going not so well, Leonard Cohen: "I said to myself, 'Where are you golden boy, where's your famous golden touch?' / I thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down. / I thought you were the crown prince of all the wheels in ivory town." (that's Dress Rehearsal Rag) ------------ "And there are no letters in the mailbox, / And there are no grapes upon the vine, / And there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore, / And there are no diamonds in your mine" (that's Diamonds in the Mine) You really gotta hear 'em for the full effect.