Lyrics

Standing on the corner with a gun in your mouth,
Trying to get to heaven, but it ain't workin' out,
Holding out for mercy, but mercy's been used,
Standing at the cross-roads with nothing left to lose.
Get by,
Even if it takes all night to find another way out,
At least try,
You don't need all the details to know what the story's about,
You don't have to be a pretty dancer,
Or find the cure for cancer,
Might not have the answers but that ain't no reason to die.

Bitterness, anxiety, and humorless foes,
Anger and depression is that all that you know,
You have resentment for dinner, have contentment for lunch,
Put yourself to sleep with a sucker punch.

Get by,
Even if it takes all night to find another way out,
At least try,
You don't need all the details to know what the story's about,
You don't have to be a pretty dancer,
Or find the cure for cancer,
Might not have the answers but that ain't no reason to die.

Something keeps eating you,
The road that you're on won't pull you through,
Why wait for something new?
Say what you mean, it's hard enough to do.

Religion can't save you, Science can't cure you,
The law can't protect you, and your friends can't endure you,
Your well has run dry, and you're runnin' out of rope,
How can you succeed, when you can't even cope?

Get by,
Even if it takes all night to find another way out,
At least try,
You don't need all the details to know what the story's about,
You don't have to be a pretty dancer,
Or find the cure for cancer,
Might not have the answers but that ain't no reason to die.