People Get Back Up

Hey man, I hadn't seen you for a long time
New Year's Eve and you were high, but you were always kind
Still stuck at 16, nobody colluding

Jessie, I remember how you'd come to all our shows
Afterwards, you'd tell me big ideas of your own

I guess I'd heard that you were down
I didn't wanna pry
People get back up or else they die

Your cousin called, and I just knew that it was bad news
Same story, different details
Just like David, just like all the live wire boys I knew at school
So funny and so cool

I have a memory of pickin' up
I'm in the front seat of a stranger's car
A big old Cadillac
Driven by a maniac
Forgot that you were in the back
I was not alone in fact

Thanks for making sure I got out of the front seat of that car
Thanks for talking to me in the park
I didn't know you well enough
To feel like I was let down by your pain
I had a hunch we were the same

I guess I'd heard that you were down
Didn't wanna pry

Next time, next time I'll ask why
Ah, people always get back up
They always get back up (they always get back up)
They always get back up or else they die
People get back up unless they die