The Way We Get By

Album: Kill the Moonlight (2002)
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  • 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
    The way we get by
    Oh, that's the way we get by
    The 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
    The way we get by
    Oh, that's the way we get by
    The way we get by

    Well, that's the way we get by
    The way we get by
    The way
    Well, that's the way we get by
    That's the 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
    The way we get by
    Well, that's the way we get by
    The way we get by
    The way

    Well, that's the way we get by
    That's the 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
    The way we get by
    Oh, that's the way we get by
    The way we get by

    Well, that's the way we get by
    The way we get by
    The way
    That's the way we get by
    That's the way we get by Writer/s: Britt Daniel
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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