The Optimist

Baby, don't believe what they said about me I've got to stick up for myself I was down and out, crashing on a friend's couch Could've used just a little help When you're hanging low with the devil you know You start believing what he says And every part is a shot through the heart When you're just trying your best But you hold your head high and you keep on rolling Give 'em hell or at least you try Nowhere to go but up from the bottom Gotta be the optimist time to time Gotta be the optimist time to time I was killing time out on the Eastside With coffee and cigarettes TV stuck to the morning news To the tune of quarter life crisis Man, you blink and a year just blows by here Waiting for the phone to ring Well you make some new plans, God laughs again And says there's an end to everything But you hold your head high and you keep on rolling Give 'em hell or at least you try Nowhere to go but up from the bottom Gotta be the optimist time to time Gotta be the optimist time to time You gotta carry on, just as long as you can Hold on to the hope in your hands Maybe it's gonna get better now Maybe it's gonna get better You gotta carry on, just as long as you can Hold on to the hope in your hands Maybe it's gonna get better now Maybe it's gonna get better You gotta carry on, just as long as you can Hold on to the hope in your hands Maybe it's gonna get better now Maybe it's gonna get better Well you hold your head high and you keep on rolling Give 'em hell or at least you try Nowhere to go but up from the bottom Gotta be the optimist (Right?) Well you hold your head high and you keep on rolling Give 'em hell or at least you try Nowhere to go but up from the bottom Gotta be the optimist time to time Gotta be the optimist time to time Gotta be the optimist time to time