We get high in back seats of cars

We break into mobile homes

We go to sleep to shake appeal

Never wake up on our own



And that's the way we get by

Way we get by

And that's the way we get by

Way we get by



We go out in stormy weather

We rarely practice discern

We make love to some weird sin

We seek out the taciturn



And that's the way we get by

Way we get by

And that's the way we get by

Way we get by



We found a new kind of dance in a magazine

Tried it out it's like nothing you ever seen

You sweet talk like a cop and you know it

You bought a new bag of pot, said let's make a new start



And that's the way to my heart

The way to my heart



That's the way we get by

Way we get by



We get high in back seats of cars

We put faith in our concerns

Fall in love to down on the street

We believe in the sum of ourselves



I said that's the way we get by