This Thing Called Life

Oh, six strings, three chords, ah, big dreams
And He don't let me down when the days of rain came
He was there for me, when I was in pain
Yeah, I needed a call, He was the real friend
Oh, He got the words when I'm feeling low
He's like a skimming stone, like a rainbow
He's my brother when I'm down, when I'm in luck
He's my brother when I'm down and I'm out of luck

You know it's only love
So let's come together
A little redemptive pleasure, mmm

Let's do this thing called life (let's do this thing)
Oh, let's try, let's try again
Oh let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Hmm, let's try, let's try again, ooh, let's try, (let's try)

Don't have to swim with the tide
Swim against the tide and find some hand to hold
Find somebody to show the light (light)
Oh man I've been in the Matrix tonight

Oh, man, I've seen so many pages
Of stories that have drifted down rivers
And the paper, yeah, gets lost
In the sea, in the oceans, oh, Lord, I'm a giver

Whoa, it's just a feeling (it's just a feeling)
It's just a feeling (it's just a feeling)
Let's do this thing called life (Let's do this thing called life)
Let's try it again Lord, oh, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, let's try,
Let's try again, hmm, let's try (let's try)

You gotta learn to swim against the tide
You gotta learn to drop your foolish pride
You gotta learn to know these things, they're dust
You gotta learn that misdeeds only rust

You gotta learn the chains can open up
And environment can fuck you up
You gotta learn that drugs don't really work
Unless you know the ones that hurt

Oh, babe, let's do it again
I wanna put the record on and live it again
I wanna rewind the tape, turn off the clocks
This is life, now undo my locks
Life, let's do it again, (Oh, this life)
Let's try it again (Oh let's try)
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do it again, this life, let's do it again
Let's try
Let's try

My brother, my mother
My sister, my mother, my father (Ahah)
My brother, my sister
(Free me now, free me)
My father, my mother, oh
(Free me now)
Come on

Let's do this thing called life
Oh, let's try, ooh, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Oh, let's try, ooh, let's try

Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me