Well it's a new year
With it comes new hope and new fear
Met a young man who was in tears

He asked me what induces us to stay here
I said I don't know much
And I'm not lying

But I think you just have to keep on trying
And I know I am naïve
But if anything


That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me


Took a stroll around the neighborhood
Where the trees are swaying

People pass in cars with their windows down
With a pop song playing
A man walked by

Rocking back and forth the street
With a drunken smile to go along
He stopped to look at me and said


"Child, don't fear doing things wrong"
Yet I am still afraid

But if anything

That's what's going to save me

That's what's going to save me

Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight

Gotta stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Gotta write more songs, love a little more, treat my friends better,
Gotta stop worrying about everything to the letter

And sometimes when it's too hard to get on
It just might be you that I'll come upon
But I find it hard to believe

But if anything

That's what's going to save

That's what's going to save me

Tell me tell me

Oh what's going to save me