VERSE|MY FIRST CAR WAS A PICKUP TRUCK|RUSTED OUT OLD MACHINE|BUT A CADILLAC WITH A BED IN THE BACK|IS WHAT IT WAS TO ME|MY BLUE JEANS WERE ALL HAND-ME-DOWNS|CAME WITH HOLES IN THE KNEES|BUT I WORE 'EM OUT AND I WORE ‘EM PROUD|FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE||CHORUS|MAN, (I/WE) COME FROM A LONG LINE OF FIGHTERS|WHEN (YOU/WE) STRUGGLE IT MAKES (YOU/US) A SURVIVOR|(YOU) LEARN TO COUNT ON WHAT YOU GOT INSIDE|WHEN YOU'RE RAISED ON GETTING BY||VERSE|I'VE COME TO KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT|CHANCES ARE YOU DON'T NEED IT NOW|YEAH, YOU START TO SEE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS|YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT|THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH WORKING HARD|SWEAT ON A BLUE COLLAR SHIRT|LEARN TO STRETCH A DIME AND YOU JUST MIGHT FIND|WHAT IT'S REALLY WORTH||(REPEAT CHORUS)||BRIDGE|OOO - YOU DON'T NEED NO POT OF GOLD|JUST AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT SOUL||(REPEAT CHORUS)||TAG|OOO - I WAS RAISED ON GETTING BY