We Get By

[Verse 1: Mavis Staples and Ben Harper]

We get by on love and faith

We get by with a smile on our face

We get by with help from our kin

We get by through thick and through thin

[Chorus: Mavis Staples & Ben Harper, and Mavis Staples]

We get by, we get by

No matter what happens, I'll be there for you

We get by

[Verse 2: Mavis Staples and Ben Harper]

Was just the other day, I heard from my old friend

She was going through changes once again

Matters of the head, matters of the heart

Maybe too early to tell, but it's never too late to start

[Chorus: Mavis Staples & Ben Harper, and Mavis Staples]

We get by, we get by

No matter how long, I'll be waiting here for you

We get by

We get by, we get by

No matter how long, I'll be waiting

We get by

[Verse 3: Mavis Staples and Ben Harper]

Day by day, line by line

If you don't have yours

You sure got mine

We get by

We get by day by day

We get by

And I always

[Chorus: Mavis Staples & Ben Harper, and Mavis Staples]

We get by, we get by

No matter how it happens, I'll be there for you

We get by

We get by, we get by

No matter how long, I'll be waiting here for you

We get by

[Outro: Ben Harper and Mavis Staples]

No matter how long, I'll come running

We get by

I'll be waiting

Oh

No matter what happens, I'll be there for you

What happens, I'll be there for you

Oh

Oh, oh yeah