Lyrics In Order To Survive - Bill Staines

We all need a little light out in front of us
To guide us down the road
We all need a little whisky now and then
To lighten up the load
We all need a little music
To keep the songs alive
We all need a little love down deep inside us
In order to survive

There was a man, he was a working man
He rose at the crack of dawn
He was driving everywhere just to make a living
Only trying to carry on
Ah, but his wife, she was a cold woman
And she turned from him one year
Now he's off howling out at the winter moon
Not a soul will ever hear

We all need a little light out in front of us
To guide us down the road
We all need a little whisky now and then
To lighten up the load
We all need a little music
To keep the songs alive
We all need a little love down deep inside us
In order to survive

There was a woman in Tennessee
She was the sweetest thing around
But her man, he was a cruel lover
He often beat her down
All the bruises in her heart
They went much deeper than she knew
Now she's kneeling beside him on the cold, cold ground
Crying, Lord, what shall I do?

We all need a little light out in front of us
To guide us down the road
We all need a little whisky now and then
To lighten up the load
We all need a little music
To keep the songs alive
We all need a little love down deep inside us
In order to survive

So everyone is everyone
We are really all the same
The rich and poor and for ever more
We may be called by different names
We are the flowers of the future
We are the members of the cast
We have much to give in the time we live
And then we're echoes of the past

We all need a little light out in front of us
To guide us down the road
We all need a little whisky now and then
To lighten up the load
We all need a little music
To keep the songs alive
We all need a little love down deep inside us
In order to survive

We all need a little light out in front of us
To guide us down the road
We all need a little whisky now and then
To lighten up the load
We all need a little music
To keep the songs alive
We all need a little love down deep inside us
In order to survive

We all need a little love down deep inside us
In order to survive