To Get By - Malcolm Holcombe

Washin' up them dirty ol' dishes

Mama’s good china washed away in the flood

Ev’ry drop o' my common sense

Never was good enough

To get by to get by

To get by lord to get by

I scribbled down some grocery list

The kind on the frigidaire

Rice’s grocery down on main street

We got credit there

To get by to get by

To get by lord to get by

Too young to buy cigarettes

So i stole em for a friend o' mine

He dont breathe too good these days

But ain’t givin' up tryin'

To get by to get by

To get by lord to get by

The power of youth runs by and by

Stuck in a revolvin' door

Some high falutin' trick in my mind

Always cries out for more

To get by to get by

Dem bells and whistles they talk money

For the suits and ties in the cubicles

Oldtime mem’ries soon forgotten

We use to jus' make do

To get by to get by

To get by lord to get by

Egyptians mummified their dead

The roman empire flourished

All them after life possessions

Makes me old and foolish

To get by to get by

To get by lord to get by

The power of youth runs by and by

Stuck in a revolvin' door

Some high falutin' trick in my mind

Always cries out for more

To get by to get by

Now

A dollar burns a hole in my pocket

From the magazines o' the american dream

The grass is always greener

On my neighbor’s property

To get by to get by

To get by lord to get by

The power of youth runs by and by

Stuck in a revolvin' door

Some high falutin' trick in my mind

Always cries out for more

To get by to get by

The power of youth runs by and by

Stuck in a revolvin' door

Some high falutin' trick in my mind

Always cries out for more

To get by to get by