There are twenty years to go
And twenty ways to know
Who will wear
Who will wear the hat

There are twenty years to go
The best of all I hope
Enjoy the ride
The medicine show1
And thems the breaks
For we designer fakes
We need to concentrate
On more than meets the eye

There are twenty years to go
The faithful and the low
The best of starts
The broken heart, the stone

There are twenty years to go
The punch-drunk and the blow
The worst of starts
The mercy part, the phone

And thems the breaks
For we designer fakes
We need to concentrate
On more than meets the eye

Then it’s the breaks
For we designer fakes
But it's you I take
’Cause you're the truth not I

There are twenty years to go
A golden age I know
But all will pass
Will end too fast you know

There are twenty years to go
And many friends I hope
Though some may hold the rose
Some hold the rope

That's the end
And that's the start of it
That's the whole
And that's the part of it
That's the high
And that's the heart of it
That's the long
And that's the short of it2 
That's the best
And that's the test in it
That's the doubt
The doubt, the trust in it
That's the sight
And that's the sound of it
That's the gift
And that's the trick in it

You're the truth not I (x8)

1. The medicine show: Démonstration que faisait les troupes de vendeurs ambulants de remèdes miracles au début du siècle dernier aux états-unis et qui voyageaient en roulotte. Image pitoresque que l'on retrouve souvent dans les westerns.

2. That's the long and that's the short est une expression anglaise équivalente à
"en résumé" ou "pour faire court".