Stepsons - The Optimist (Live) Lyrics

Baby, don't believe what they said about me
I've got to stick up for myself
I was down and out, crashing on a friend's couch
Could've used just a little help

When you're hanging low with the devil you know
You start believing what he says
And every part is a shot through the heart
When you're just trying your best

You hold your head high and you keep on rollin'
Give 'em hell or at least you try
Nowhere to go but up from the bottom
Gotta be the optimist time to time

I was killing time out on the Eastside
With coffee and cigarettes
TV stuck to the morning news
To the tune of quarter life crisis

Man, you blink and a year just blows by here
Waiting for the phone to ring
Well you make some new plans, God laughs again
And says there's an end to everything

Well, you hold your head high and you keep on rollin'
Give 'em hell or at least you try
Nowhere to go but up from the bottom
Gotta be the optimist time to time

You gotta carry on, just as long as you can
Hold on to the hope in your hands
Maybe it's gonna get better now
Maybe it's gonna get better

You gotta carry on, just as long as you can
Hold on to the hope in your hands
Maybe it's gonna get better now
Maybe it's gonna get better

You gotta carry on, just as long as you can
Hold on to the hope in your hands
Maybe it's gonna get better now
Maybe it's gonna get better

You hold your head high and you keep on rollin'
Give 'em hell or at least you try
Nowhere to go but up from the bottom
Gotta be the optimist, right?

You hold your head high and you keep on rollin'
Give 'em hell or at least you try
Nowhere to go but up from the bottom
Gotta be the optimist time to time
Gotta be the optimist time to time
Gotta be the optimist time to time