This Thing Called Life

[Verse 1]
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
When I needed a call, He was the real friend
Oh, He got the words when I'm feeling low
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

[Pre-Chorus]
You know it's only love (It's only love)
So, let's come together (Let's come together)
A little redemptive pleasure, ooh-hoo

[Chorus]
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try again, ooh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try again, ooh, let's try
Let's try

[Verse 2]
Don't have to swim with the tide
Swim against the tide and find some hand to hold
Find somebody to show the light
Oh, they're out there in the matrix tonight
Oh, man, I've seen so many pages
Of stories that have floated down rivers
And the papers get lost, yeah
In the sea, in the oceans, Lord, I'm a giver

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, it's just a feeling, it's just a feeling
It's just a feeling, it's just a feeling, oh

[Chorus]
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try it, ooh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try it, ooh, let's try
Let's try, let's try

[Verse 3]
You gotta learn to swim against the tide
You gotta learn to drop your foolish pride
You gotta learn these things are only dust
You gotta learn this deal is only rust
You gotta learn the chains can open up
Environment can fuck you up
You gotta learn that drugs don't really work
Unless you know the ones that hurt

[Pre-Chorus]
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 my life, undo these locks

[Chorus]
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try again, ooh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do it again, oh, let's try
Let's try again, ooh, let's try
Let's try

[Bridge]
She's my brother, my mother
My sister, my mother, my father, oh
She's my brother, my sister (Free me now, free me)
My father, my mother, oh (Please hear me now)
Come on

[Chorus]
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try it, ooh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do it again, oh, let's try
Let's try it, ooh, let's try
Let's try
Let's do this thing called life
When you feel the pain, oh, let's try
Let's try it again, oh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try again, ooh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life
Let's do this thing, oh, let's try
Let's try again, ooh, let's try, let's try
Let's do this thing called life