In Order To Survive

We all need a little light out in front of us

To guide us down the road

We all need a little whiskey now and then

To lighten up the load

We all need a little music

To keep the songs alive

We all need a little love down deep inside us

In order to survive

There was a man, he was a working man

And he rose at the crack of dawn

He was driving everywhere just to make a living

Only trying to carry on

Ah but his wife she was a cold woman

And she turned from him one year

Now he's off howling out at the winter moon

And not a soul will ever hear

We all need a little light out in front of us

To guide us down the road

We all need a little whiskey now and then

To lighten up the load

We all need a little music

To keep the songs alive

We all need a little love down deep inside us

In order to survive

There was a woman in Tennessee

She was the sweetest thing around

But her man he was a cruel lover

And he often beat her down

All the bruises in her heart

They went much deeper than she knew

Now she's kneeling beside him on the cold, cold ground

Crying Lord what shall I do

We all need a little light out in front of us

To guide us down the road

We all need a little whiskey now and then

To lighten up the load

We all need a little music

To keep the songs alive

We all need a little love down deep inside us

In order to survive

So everyone is everyone

We are really all the same

The rich and poor and forever more

We may be called by different names

We are the flowers of the future

We are the members of the cast

We have much to give in the time we live

Then we're echoes of the past

We all need a little light out in front of us

To guide us down the road

We all need a little whiskey now and then

To lighten up the load

We all need a little music

To keep the songs alive

We all need a little love down deep inside us

In order to survive

We all need a little light out in front of us

To guide us down the road

We all need a little whiskey now and then

To lighten up the load

We all need a little music

To keep the songs alive

We all need a little love down deep inside us

In order to survive

We all need a little love down deep inside us

In order to survive