Tracy Byrd - That's What Keeps Her Getting By Lyrics
Stack of bills on her kitchen tableOut go the lights and off goes the cableIf she don't pay ‘em by the 15thAnd it don't look like she's gonna be ableTwo mouths to feed, two jobs barely get it doneA lot on her plate for a single mom at 21From the outside looking in you'd think her world would crumbleBut she keeps finding that light at the end of the tunnelSomehow she keeps getting byThe only soft shoulder she knowsIs on some lonely roadShe's going down, she's going downSometimes she feels like throwing in the towel, but she's notNo matter what she's gonna give her kids a better lifeThan what she's gotAnd that's what keeps her getting byFriday noon, parent teacher dayIt's Johnson elementary or half a shift's payBut she wouldn't miss it for the worldShe looks around at all the Daddy's in the roomWishing her kids had one of them tooThis ain't how she planned it; her life's going ten different ways,It's off to little league and then to balletSomehow she keeps getting byThe only soft shoulder she knowsIs on some lonely roadShe's going down, she's going downSometimes she feels like throwing in the towel, but she's notNo matter what she's gonna give her kids a better lifeThan what she's gotAnd that's what keeps her getting byIn every dark cloudShe keeps finding that silver liningSometimes she feels like throwing in the towel, but she's notNo matter what, she's gonna give her kids a better lifeThan what she's gotAnd that's what keeps her getting byStack of bills on her kitchen tableOut go the lights and off goes the cableIf she don't pay ‘em by the 15thAnd it don't look like she's gonna be ableTwo mouths to feed, two jobs barely get it doneA lot on her plate for a single mom at 21From the outside looking in you'd think her world would crumbleBut she keeps finding that light at the end of the tunnelSomehow she keeps getting byThe only soft shoulder she knowsIs on some lonely roadShe's going down, she's going downSometimes she feels like throwing in the towel, but she's notNo matter what she's gonna give her kids a better lifeThan what she's gotAnd that's what keeps her getting byFriday noon, parent teacher dayIt's Johnson elementary or half a shift's payBut she wouldn't miss it for the worldShe looks around at all the Daddy's in the roomWishing her kids had one of them tooThis ain't how she planned it; her life's going ten different ways,It's off to little league and then to balletSomehow she keeps getting byThe only soft shoulder she knowsIs on some lonely roadShe's going down, she's going downSometimes she feels like throwing in the towel, but she's notNo matter what she's gonna give her kids a better lifeThan what she's gotAnd that's what keeps her getting byIn every dark cloudShe keeps finding that silver liningSometimes she feels like throwing in the towel, but she's notNo matter what, she's gonna give her kids a better lifeThan what she's gotAnd that's what keeps her getting by
