When I get up she swears that she don't hear it Says that I'm as quiet as a mouse I comb my hair and throw some water on my face And back out of the stillness of our house Dishwater days She says she doesn't notice Nothing's changed but the sadness in her eyes Maybe it's something that I could have prevented Or maybe the whole damn dream was just a lie Or maybe it's the getting by Maybe it's the getting by It'd swallow up your every step Boy, if it could But maybe it's the stuff it takes To get up when the morning breaks And hold on (hold on) Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on Till the getting's good? Ya know I believe Ya know I can't deny it But people were told they'd prosper in this land Still I know some who've never seen the ocean Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand They got their treasure laying way up high But when I look up, all I see is sky Can you tell me Can you tell me why? Can you tell me Can you tell me why? Can you tell me Can you tell me why? When I look up all I see is sky When I look up all I see is sky, sky When I look up all I see is sky, sky Mother can you tell me why, why When I look up, all I see is sky, sky? When I look up, all I see Maybe it's the getting by Maybe it's the getting by It'd swallow up your every step Boy, if it could You know it would You know it But maybe it's the stuff it takes To get up when the morning breaks And hold on (hold on) Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on Till the gettin's good? Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on (hold on) Can you hold on Till the gettin's good? Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on? (hold on) Can you hold on?

When you walk out on the street And get shot down by the sun's angry heat People staring bullet holes in the back of your head Making you feel much worse than dead When your skin feels like a cage And all the good times just seem to be erased Lonely madness seems to boil inside of you Like a thief that steals your every move Anytime you call I will answer you You can't find one single friend I'll come through We're not as stable as we seem One small gust of wind could knock down every dream Frail bodies torn minds and soft hearts exposed Hidden under our ragged dirty clothes You've still got that devil grin Two eyes like searchlights peering out and looking in Even though you feel like you've got nothing you could show You've given me more than you could know Anytime you call I will answer you You can't find one single friend I'll come through (I'll come through) I'll come through (I'll come through) I'll come through (I'll come through) I'll come through (I'll come through) I'll come through (I'll come through)

Here we are again Hanging by a thread The truth is almost gone There's no more love to save You always got your way But I'm tired of holding on All your expectations fall on me They're so heavy, baby Maybe I'm just too close, too close to see That I really don't know what you need But I really don't think that it's me And you never can tell where love leads But it don't lead back to me Said it don't lead back to me No it don't lead back to me Don't lead back to me babe, back to me babe, back to me You said to give you space and time But was it all a lie? Just a way to hold me down Now the water's flooding in And you come back again But can't you see I'm drowning? All your expectations fall on me Until I can't breathe What's it gonna take to make you see? That I really don't know what you need But I really don't think that it's me And you never can tell where love leads But it don't lead back to me No it don't lead back to me No it don't lead back to me Don't lead back to me babe, back to me babe, back to me Gotta let it go - yes I do Gotta leave it be - oh, oh Giving up the ghost - giving up Can you set me free - come on baby Set me free, yeah - baby, baby, baby 'Cause I really don't know what you need But I really don't think that it's me No you never can tell where love leads But it don't lead back to me No it don't lead back to me No it don't lead back to me Don't lead back to me Don't lead back to me If you're lookin' for love, baby You better not look my way Cause it don't lead back to me Don't lead back to me babe, back to me babe, back to me No it ain't me, babe Yeah... Do what you need to do Cause you never do know Where love's gonna lead But I can tell you for sure That it don't lead back No, no it don't lead back to me I paid my dues Gave you all my love And now I'm through, baby Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh