You ride abandoned shopping carts around, Just to feel the breeze You clip the curb you flip and hit the ground Scrape your chin and both your knees But you can only laugh 'cause folly is a craft If it's your chosen path Better walk it well As far as you have found It's a circus all around When everyone's a clown Do the best that you can do Bet'em high when they're running low You never know You do the best that you can do Brand new shoes brand new dress Still you look a mess do the Best that you can do Dirty clothes from a bloody nose It's how it goes Do the best that you can do Clean the cluttered closets in you mind With a duster and a broom Scared of what you might find Scared of what you might not find Inside of you A photograph or two In black and white and blue Maybe find the soul of a lonely shoe Use what you gotta use Whatever gets you through Do what you gotta do and do the... An uppercut a right You punch with all your might You hope they throw the fight Before the bell stops ringing Your face is stinging, the crowd is singing Go out swinging... Do the best that you can do And hope you make it through