I Get By - Stealers Wheel

I woke up this morning aching with pain Don't think I can work, but I'll try The car's in the shop so I thumbed all the way Oh, these days I barely get by I walked home from work and it rained all the way My wife left and didn't say why She laid all our bills on the desk in the hall Oh, these days I barely get by Put my only two dollars on my favorite horse He lost by a nose and I cried Oh, my boss says come winter, we'll all be laid off Oh, these days I barely get by These days I barely get by I want to give up, lay down and die Worst of all was when she told me goodbye Whoa, these days I barely get by Whoa, these days, one barely gets by

There was a time When I thought I knew Everything about This great big world Until I met you Into my life Like a brand new sun Now I find my home Inside your eyes Wherever you are It's hard to say it Cause I hide things so good But you make me say it Like only you could I love you More than any man could ever say I need you Baby let me count the ways And I'll be here I believe in everything you do So how did I get by without you For the longest time Playing games of solitaire Taking my wine But now I'm with you baby And I can dream out loud You're as pretty as a picture And you make me so proud It's hard to say it Cause I hide things so good But you make me say it Like only you could I love you More than any man could ever say I need you Baby let me count the ways And I'll be here There? s nothing in this world I couldn't do So how did I get by without you You love me Now I know that I'm the lucky guy You've got me And there's nowhere I can hide So I'll be here I believe that all my dreams came true So how did I get by without you In the morning light To see you wake up next to me It? s a beautiful sight Now everything's alright Yeah I love you More than any words could ever say I need you Baby let me count the ways And I'll be here I believe in everything you do So how did I get by without you You love me Now I know that I'm the lucky guy You've got me And there's nowhere I can hide So I'll stay here I believe in everything you do So how did I get by without you How did I get by How did I get by without you in my world How did I get by without you as my girl You're beautiful Beautiful So how did I get by without you Without you Without you

By the time I get to Phoenix She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving 'Cause I've left that gal so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working She'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing Off the wall, that's all By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleeping She'll turn softly, call my name out low And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her Though time and time I've tried to tell her so She just didn't know I would really go

People have the right to fly And will when it gets compromised Their hearts say, "Move along" Their minds say, "Gotcha heart Let's move it along" And airports see it all the time Where someone's last goodbye Blends in with someone's sigh Cause someone's coming home In hand a single rose And that's the way this wheel keeps working now That's the way this wheel keeps working now And I won't be the last No, I won't be the last To love her You can't build a house of leaves And live like it's an evergreen It's just a season thing It's just this thing the seasons do And that's the way this wheel keeps working now That's the way this wheel keeps working now And you won't be the first No, you won't be the first To love me You can find me If you ever want again I'll be around the bend I'll be around the bend I'll be around I'll be around And if you never stop when you wave goodbye You just might find if you give it time, you will wave hello again You just might wave hello again And that's the way this wheel keeps working now That's the way this wheel keeps working now You can't love too much one part of it You can't love too much one part of it I believe that my life's gonna see The love I give returned to me

Edging away from the precipice Shaking off shackles that connect me to the past Reaching out for hands that brush my fingers Lacking the momentum to escape Why was it so hard To deviate from this destructive behaviour? Humbled by the empathy of others Patience, so much greater than mine Avoiding the crux of the problem Blinded by my fear of the unknown Desperate to get back to the trail I keep on grinning Keep on grinning Keep on grinning I've come too far to fail I move ahead and Keep on grinning Keep on grinning Something's got to give I've reached the bottom Of the barrel I'll keep my head and It might be time to leave you Emotional but open to reason Unable to change this on my own Incapable and all out of energy Yes, I'm sceptical But to doubt is my nature I'm over the worst of This torrid experience Worn out and resigned Open to your influence Guide me to the exit Be my salvation It's far from over It's far from over I won't lose control Must have control Will take control Won't stop and I won't lose control Must have control Will take control Won't stop and I won't lose control Must have control Will take control Won't stop and I won't lose control Must have control Will take control Won't stop and I won't lose control Must have control Will take control Will take it all Change is on the horizon Change is on the horizon I'll take it back