We get by on love and faith We get by with a smile on our face We get by with help from our kin We get by through thick and through thin We get by We get by No matter what happens I'll be there for you We get by Was just the other day I heard from my old friend She was going through changes Once again Matters of the head Matters of the heart Maybe too early to tell But it's never too late to start We get by We get by No matter how long I'll be waiting here for you We get by We get by We get by No matter how long I'll be waiting We get by Day by day Line by line If you don't have yours You sure got mine We get by We get by day by day We get by And I always We get by We get by No matter how it happens I'll be there for you We get by We get by We get by No matter how long I'll be waiting here for you We get by No matter how long I'll come running We get by I'll be waiting Oh No matter what happens I'll be there for you What happens I'll be there for you Oh Oh, oh yeah