Gettin' By

[Verse 1]

Hi buckaroos

Steve Earle again

Trying my best to be Jerry Jeff Walker once more

Don't ask me how I did it

Just did it like you knew it

I've been down this road once or twice before

[Chorus]

Just gettin' by on gettin' by is my stock-in-trade

Living it day-to-day

Just picking up the pieces wherever they fall

Just lettin' it roll

Lettin' the high times carry the low

Just living my life easy come, easy go

[Verse 2]

Just last week I was thinking

Ah, it's record time again

I can see Danny Goldberg passing the floor

Oh Danny, don't you worry

Something's bound to come out

We've been down this road once before

[Chorus]

Just gettin' by on gettin' by is my stock-in-trade

Living it day-to-day

Just picking up the pieces wherever they fall

Just lettin' it roll

Lettin' the high times carry the low

Just living my life easy come, easy go

[Verse 3]

Income tax is overdue

What else is new

Been busted and I only get busted no more

I'll catch it all later

Something bound to come out

I've been down this road once or twice before

[Chorus]

Yeah just gettin' by on gettin' by is my stock-in-trade

Living it day-to-day

Just picking up the pieces wherever they fall

Just lettin' it roll

Lettin' the high times carry the low

Just living my life easy come, easy go

[Chorus]

Just gettin' by on gettin' by is my stock-in-trade

Living it day-to-day

Just picking up the pieces wherever they fall

Just lettin' it roll

Lettin' the high times carry the low

Just living my life easy come, easy go

Yeah I'm just living my life easy come, easy go