I woke up, head heavy   Blankets thick like my tongue   My thinking still tangled   Couldn’t get my words undone   And yesterday I could fly   Forgot I’d come back to the ground   You watched me in the sky   Knowing how I always circle down      When I’m just getting by   That’s when I see myself a fool   When I'm just getting by   That’s when I thank God for you      There’s snow on my windshield   And I'm hours from home   I crack my window open   And I think of you asleep and warm   I was just singing   Forgot I’d come back to the ground   And with my ears ringing   I’ll try not to make a sound      When I’m just getting by   That’s when I see myself a fool   When I'm just getting by   That’s when I thank God for you      I felt like crying   To your half asleep heart   No reason, really   Sometimes I just fall apart   And it used to scare you   When I’d come back to the ground   But now you just hold me   Knowing how I always circle around      When I’m just getting by   That’s when I see myself a fool   When I'm just getting by   That’s when I thank God for you