Al Jarreau We Got By

I hardly had a bellyful
Never knew a new bicycle
Hand-me-down books and shoes
They brought the yule tides in July

I rode a bus, a train and sometimes
Strolling for miles to a movie show
Singing a song "Shoobedoo
"While birds and rich folks flew
right on by

Lord knows we got by
But we got by

We brightened July with
Winter wishes wait till June
Tell your mama you're with Sue
that hot dog fun
You bring the beans and I'll
find the wine
Them neon lights were bright
till 2:00
this girl named Jo
And sneaking back home with
I hurried down to say � do"
And stared my first man-child
in the eye

But we got by
And now baby's got his bellyful
Lord knows we got by

Working, praying, June to June
And finally here's that new bicycle
in her eye

And we got by
And mama's got LA gleaming
Lord knows we got by

You see we kept on walking
and talking, hawking
Ooing, cooing, wooing
Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying
Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing
Letting, fretting, begetting, lying
Flying, trying, sighing, dying.