You’ve gotta pick yourself up by the bootstraps

No one’s gonna help you out when you fall

You’ve gotta find a way out of your problems

When you’re broke and you’re backed up against the wall

If you sleep on your only chances

They’ll never come around again

So dig deep and swing for the fences

You never know it might work out in the end



Come join the fight

So we can change the way we’re living

What’s left inside?

If you believe

Believe you’ll never give in

Come join the fight

Turn away and you’ll be sure to lose it

Hold onto those dreams

They’re the one thing they can’t take away now



I was young and I wouldn’t hear it

You had opinions I had mine too

Just a kid with all the answers

A pompous pride and not one clue

It’s getting late now shadow’s falling

As the sun sets on my time

There’s always something there to remind me

I try to keep up and still fall behind



Come join the fight

So we can change the way we’re living

What’s left inside?

If you believe

Believe you’ll never give in

Come join the fight

Turn away and you’ll be sure to lose it

Hold onto those dreams

They’re the one thing they can’t take away now



What’s left inside?

If you believe

Believe you’ll never give in



I was young and I wouldn’t hear it

You had opinions I had mine too

Just a kid with all the answers

A pompous pride and not one clue



Come join the fight

So we can change the way we’re living

What’s left inside?

If you believe

Believe you’ll never give in

Come join the fight

Turn away and you’ll be sure to lose it

Hold onto those dreams

They’re the one thing they can’t take away now



Come join the fight