Someone's in the backyard banging on the door
Daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more
His baby's curled up on a stranger's floor

Momma's thinking family dinners weren't too much to ask for

Everybody here's got a story to tell

Everybody's been through their own hell
There's nothing too special about getting hurt
But getting over it, that takes the work


One way or the other we'll all need each other
Nothing's gonna turn out the way you thought it would

Friends and lovers, don't you duck and cover
Cause everything comes out the way it should


Blessed are the humble, blessed are the meek
Blessed are the hungry, blessed are the weak
Blessed are the ones on the other side

And blessed are we just for being alive

One day I stopped wanting anything at all

The heavens opened up like a waterfall
No use in worrying about when it ends
Just for now be thankful for what I get


One way or another a man's gonna suffer
Makes no difference the way you wanted it

But friends and lovers, don't you duck and cover
Cause everything comes out the way it should in the end


Seems like life is a palindrome
Cry when you die, cry when you're born
In between it's all about the ups and downs

Add them all together, they'll cancel each other out

One way or another, one way or another

You won't get what you wanted, but you'll get enough for sure
One way or another, the winter pays for the summer
Won't get what you wanted, but what you got'll be good


Someone's in the backyard banging on the door
Daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more

His baby's curled up on a stranger's floor
Momma's thinking happy endings weren't too much to ask for