Well it's a new year, with it comes new hopes and new fears
Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me
"What induces us to stay here?"
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying
But I think you just have to keep on trying."
And I know I am naive, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Took a stroll around the neighborhood where the trees are swaying
People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing
A man walked by, walking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go
Along
He stopped to look at me and say, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."
Yet I am still afraid but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Got to write more songs of a little more, treat my friends better
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter
And sometimes when it's too hard to go on
It just might be you that I call upon
But I find it hard to believe, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Tell me, tell me
Oh, what's going to save me?