You Get By

I've known you for a long time but no one knows you well There's nothing you're ashamed of, no, nothing you're trying to sell Never asked for the limelight though you danced to the closing bell You took what you needed. You took what you needed To get by Your mama took her doses. Your daddy tanned your hide You went out on the road then with music as your guide When a song made you high or sad, well, you kept it all inside You kept it all inside You kept it all inside To get by The veins in your forearms like rivers in hot sand And the blood swells behind your eyes when you take your axe in hand Wouldn't want to be your lady but you're one hell of a man One hell of a man One hell of a man You get by