Duck And Cover

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