-VERSE-
I've got me a shovel
I'm digging a ditch
And I'm gonna fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son-of-a-bitch
I've got me a future
I'm not stuck on the past
I've got no new tricks, yeah, I'm up on bricks, but, me, I'm a machine and I was built to last
-Chorus-
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
We can get better
Because we're not dead yet
-VERSE-
They threw me a whirlwind
And I spat back a sea
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know are looking out for me
So, I'm taking the high road
My engine's running high and fine
May, I always see the road rising up to me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
-Chorus-
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
We can get better
Because we're not dead yet
-BRIDGE-
It's just a knot in the small of your back
You can work it out with your fingers
It's just some numbers tangled up in your songs
You can work it out with your fingers
It's just a tune that gets stuck in your head
You can work it out with your fingers
It's just a simple --- missing from the past and your mess
A reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
-Chorus-
Try and get better and don't ever accept less
Take your plain black marker and write this on your chest
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness
Come on now let's fix this mess
We can get better
Because we're not dead yet
We can get better
Because we're not dead yet