Duck And Cover Lyrics - Winter Pays For Summer - Glen Phillips

Someone's in the backyard banging on the door 

Daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more 

His baby's curled up on a stranger's floor 

Momma's thinking family dinners weren't too much to ask for 

Everybody here's got a story to tell 

Everybody's been through their own hell 

There's nothing too special about getting hurt 

But getting over it, that takes the work 

One way or the other we'll all need each other 

Nothing's gonna turn out the way you thought it would 

Friends and lovers, don't you duck and cover 

'Cause everything comes out the way it should 

Blessed are the humble, blessed are the meek 

Blessed are the hungry, blessed are the weak 

Blessed are the ones on the other side 

And blessed are we just for being alive 

One day I stopped wanting anything at all 

The heavens opened up like a waterfall 

No use in worrying about when it ends 

Just for now be thankful for what I get 

One way or another a man's gonna suffer 

Makes no difference the way you wanted it 

But friends and lovers, don't you duck and cover 

'Cause everything comes out the way it should in the end 

Seems like life is a palindrome 

Cry when you die, cry when you're born 

In between it's all about the ups and downs 

Add them all together, they'll cancel each other out 

One way or another, one way or another 

You won't get what you wanted, but you'll get enough for sure 

One way or another, the winter pays for the summer 

Won't get what you wanted, but what you got'll be good 

Someone's in the backyard banging on the door 

Daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more 

His baby's curled up on a stranger's floor 

Momma's thinking happy endings weren't too much to ask for