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 seen the silversmiths in Baghdad and Bosra 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 tell all the things 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? Don't we 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 I've seen angels avoid the eyes of the dead Still blessed are the meek The geeks and the freaks Blessed are 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 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