Guess I didn't know that this is how you'd take it (I'd take it)
But I didn't know they'd lie and cut us down
Now you're saying that it's much too hard to make it (to make it)
And we're the ones that we've been fooling all along
When they take all that you've got in this world
And kick you down on your knees
When you're feeling like you've got no strength to fight
Well, I will try to make you feel alright

Now I see that they can push me just so much
And there's nothing they can do that could ever crush me
You can try to get along by laughing
Or by playing the fool
They all don't matter if I make you smile tonight (tonight)
As long as I can make you feel alright

You may feel like you are getting nowhere
It takes a while before you start to realize
That a change is gonna come

All their talking and they're saying nothing
That we should ever believe, oh
'Cause all they'll give us is a reason not to try
And we're the ones who get to say what's wrong or right (alright)
We are all that we have got in this world
And we're all that we need
And even though I know it hurts like hell tonight
Well, I'll still try to make you feel alright
As long as I can make you feel alright
As long as I can make you feel alright