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Mavis Staples - "We Get By" (feat. Ben Harper)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ben Harper
Ben Harper
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ben Harper
Ben Harper
Producer
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
We get by, we get by
No matter what happens
I'll be there for you
We get by
[Verse 3]
Was just the other day
I heard from my old friend
She was goin' through changes
Once again
Matters of the head
Matters of the heart
Maybe too early to tell
But it's never too late to start
[Verse 4]
We get by, we get by
No matter how long
I'll be waitin' here for you
We get by
We get by, we get by
No matter how long
I'll be waitin'
We get by
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
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 waitin' here for you
We get by
[Verse 7]
No matter how long
I'll come runnin'
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, yeah
Written by: Ben Harper

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