[Mavis Staples and Ben Harper]
We get by on love and faith
We get by with a smile on our face
We get by with help from our kin
We get by through thick and through thin

[Mavis Staples & Ben Harper, and Mavis Staples]
We get by, we get by
No matter what happens, I´ll be there for you
We get by

[Mavis Staples and Ben Harper]
Was just the other day, I heard from my old friend
She was going through changes once again
Matters of the head, matters of the heart
Maybe too early to tell, but it´s never to late to start

[Mavis Staples & Ben Harper, and Mavis Staples]
We get by, we get by
No matter how long, I´ll be waiting here for you
We get by
We get by, we get by

No matter how long, I´ll be waiting
We get by

[Mavis Staples and Ben Harper]
Day by day, line by line
If you don´t have yours
You sure got mine
We get by
We get by day by day
We get by
And I always

[Mavis Staples & Ben Harper, and Mavis Staples]
We get by, we get by
No matter how it happens, I´ll be there for you
We get by
We get by, we get by
No matter how long, I´ll be waiting here for you

We get by

[ Ben Harper and Mavis Staples]
No matter how long, I´ll come running
We get by
I´ll be waiting
Oh
No matter what happens, I´ll be there for you
What happens, I´ll be there for you
Oh
Oh, oh yeah