Don’t We Get By

One, two

Will the astonishment kill me?

Can I die from being blown aghast?

Somewhere out there, a whale is swimming, hey

And when I find it I will know at last

I've seen the silversmiths in Baghdad and Basra

And I laid eyes on them alone

I'm talking 'bout dimensions, I'm talking 'bout ascending

My soul's gonna know to come to me when I'm home

Trace me back a thousand mothers

Maybe time is just a magazine

I wanna you tell all the things that I know

How a mind can really grow

But then again, I ain't ever been

Unconditional love has conditions, love

Ask anyone, they know best

I thought that Jesus was for everyone

I picked the wrong flavor Christ I guess

But don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by alright?

I get by alright

Alright, we get by, go

The skeletons of the living dead amongst us

Lived and laughed and loved so bitterly

And they said, "You had better hate all the people that I hate

You better wear the same skin as me"

I've seen camels weave themselves through needles

And I've seen angels avoid the eyes of the dead

Still blessed are the meek

The freaks and the geeks

Blessed are the cursed instead

But don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by alright?

I get by alright

Alright, we get by

There are Mesopotamian visions

And then again, there are Midwestern dreams

I built a trebuchet to jump the wall and see 'em

While they were quarrying the Colosseum

I saw a copy of the facsimile

But don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by alright?

I get by alright

Alright, we get by

But don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by?

Don't we get by alright?

I get by alright

Alright, we get by