Survive

[Potemkin]
I've been everything that a man could be
From aristocrat to bum
I’ve learned every trick of the beggar's trade
Why, I've even invented some
I’ve soared to the heights
I've sunk to the depths
And here's how I stay alive
When faced with a choice
I say to myself
"Potemkin, my friend
"Survive."
Just survive
Sometimes at night
When it is dark
I spot a pigeon
In the park
And then I croon
"Coo-roo coo-coo
Won't you join me in a pigeon stew?"
Sometimes at day
When people pass
I eat my pride
And kiss their ass
Down on my knees
"Kind sir," I squeak
"Won't you kindly kick the other cheek?"
Time and time again
To myself, I say
"Stand up like a man
Change the world today
Fight for what is right
Die heroically"
Then I start to think how messy death must be
So come with me
And I will show
You all the crooked
Tricks I know
We'll steal and cheat
And we'll connive
But it's worth it all if we survive

[Potemkin and Ensemble]
So come with us
And we will show
You all the crooked
Tricks we know
We’ll steal and cheat
And we’ll connive
But it's worth it all if we survive
Maybe we eat mud
But we survive
Maybe we lack pride
But we survive
Maybe we all lie
But we can justify
It with our little motto
"Do whatever you got to."
If it’s worth at all
If you just stay alive
Survive
Just survive