How to Get By - Kellermensch

Far across the ocean

In China or Japan

People live so differently

But what I’m trying to understand

Is when you’re struck with trouble

When you feel the pain of life

Oh please tell me

How do you get by?

Today you are not with me

No, you had to go

But you left with him so quickly

As if you wanted me to know

That without you I am nothing

That without you I would fall

But now I’ve learned my lesson

So it’s time for you to call

Call me up

And tell me how to get by

Because it raises up from underground

Swallows me up pound for pound

Dragging me on down to hell

The way I feel I might as well

I’ve read books on mind and matter

On philosophy and art

I’ve read poems, songs and fables

That may tell you about the heart

Oh, but when you’re struck with trouble

When you feel the pain of life

There’s only one thing that I can tell you

And you will know this when you fall

That when you’re tired of living

It’s best to be afraid to die

So for now

That’s how I’ll get by