One way up

How can you say there's only one way up?
You know there's a million ways down
Some folks are falling, others trying to get up
I'm the one staggering around

How can you lay there when you got to get up
When other folks are going downtown?
Some of them flying others making a bus
And you're just laying around

How can you say it's just beginner's luck
When a kid picks up on the sound?
I'm flipping and a-floppping, don't know which way is up
But you know what it means to be down

How can you say there's only one way up
When you know there's a million ways down?
Some folks are falling, others trying to get up
And I'm the one who is staggering around
And I'm the one who is staggering around