I don't know why we have to die   I don't know a thing about this life   I know the punishment don't always fit the crime      But, I will get by   I will get by      I know this drinkin's gonna take me down   I feel the sin inside my body now   Oh, mercy, mercy forgive my lack of will      Oh I, I'm just trying to get by   I'm just trying to get by, yeah, hey, hey      Don't want to go to hell   Can't hardly stand myself   I'm like a weed at the side of the road      Nothing but filthy air gotta get out of here   I'm like a weed and you know   How hard they can be to kill      But you can't kill me   No, no, no you can't kill me      I don't know why a broken heart   Can hurt you more than having your hand cut off   I've come to save you but you're already gone      Oh I, I will get by   I will get by hey, hey, hey   I will get by   I will get by, hey, hey, hey      I will get by, I will get by   I will get by, get by, get by   Get by, get by   Get by, get by, get by      I will get by