This progression repeats through the whole song: , , ,
The first 4-- verses, or stanzas, i guess, are repeated, as i denoted at the start of each:
x2
Don't you know
for a moment know
you think the world owes you
it don't owe you a thing
[and so on....]
x2 there's a man doing time
keeping a rosebush alive
He was wrongly accused
40 years and still survived
x2 Don't you know
for a moment know
you think the world owes you
it don't owe you a thing
x2 When it's given all it can
the best you must invent
when it's given all it can
the best you must go get (2nd time: ”the rest you owe...”)
Don't you know
for a moment know
you think the world owes you
it don't owe you a thing
(Break: “dum da da-da du dumdum…”)
There's a man doing time
keeping a rosebush alive
He was wrongly accused
40 years and still survived
There's a rosebush inside
keeping a man alive
and we all need hope
like water sunshine
Don’t you know
You got water sunshine
For a moment know
You got water sunshine
You think the world owes you
You got water sunshine
It don't owe you a thing
You got water sunshine
Don’t you know
You got water sunshine
Now for a moment know
You got water sunshine
You think the world owes you
You got water sunshine
x3 It don't owe you a thing
water sunshine
---Sean Hayes (Morees Bickham)