Someone's in the backyard, banging on the door,
daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more,
his baby's curled up on a stranger's floor
momma's thinking that family dinners weren't too much to ask for
Everybody here has got a story to tell,
everybody's been through their own hell
there's nothing special about getting hurt,
getting over it, that takes the work
because one way or another, we all need each other
nothing's going to turn out the way you thought it would
friends and lovers don't you duck and cover
because everything comes out the way it should
blessed are the humble, blessed are the meek
blessed are the hungry, blessed are the weak
blessed are the ones on the other side
blessed are we for just being alive
one day I stopped wanting anything at all
the heavens opened up like a waterfall
no use in worrying about when it ends
just for now, be thankful for what I get
because one way or another, man's going to suffer
makes no difference the way you want it
friends and lovers don't you duck and cover
because everything comes out the way it should in the end
seems like life is a palindrome,
cry when you die, cry when you're born
in between a song about the ups and downs
add them all together, cancel each other out
because one way or another, one way or another
You won't get what you wanted, but you'll get enough for sure
One way or another, the winter pays for the summer
Won't get what you wanted, but what you got'll be good
Someone's in the backyard banging on the door
Daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more
His baby's curled up on a stranger's floor
Momma's thinking happy endings weren't too much to ask for
