you say you've got the cure  but i don't have a disease  and you say you've got the answers  but i've made no inquiries  and you're failing  bailing  good god motherfucker now i see you flailing  i see you flailing  that's right i think i do  i see you flailing away    i know it's hard but so are you  and so am i and we'll pull through together, together  and i said that it's been years but i still fear  that someone dear will leave me here forever, forever and i said: hey! you've got to keep trying  you've got to keep holding onto what you've got  because what you've got it sure ain't a lot  and hey!  everyone's falling down  everyone's holding out for what you've got  but what you've got, it sure ain't a lot  and you act like it is but you know that it's not  and even if it was, would you ever give it up?  if i told you what you had was really nothing?  nothing?  nothing!  yes, it's nothing  nothing at all    so you say your life's a bore  and i can't quite disagree  if you judge your life by the pieces of shit that inhabit your tv  because they stand so proud, and they talk too loud  and every other word is a lie  i've found that everyone who is anyone is a waste of time  a waste of time    i know it's hard but so are you  and so am i and we'll pull through together, together  and i said that it's been years but i still fear  that someone dear will leave me here forever, forever and i said: hey! you've got to keep trying  you've got to keep holding onto what you've got  because what you've got it sure ain't a lot  and hey!  everyone's falling down  everyone's holding out for what you've got  but what you've got, it sure ain't a lot  and you act like it is but you know that it's not  and even if it was, would you ever give it up?  if i told you what you had was really nothing?  nothing?  nothing!  yes, it's nothing  nothing at all    nothing  you won't say nothing  you won't say nothing  and that's just fine    nothing (take me back to that day when i was blind)  you won't say nothing (I would like to see your face one last time)  you won't say nothing (take me back to that day when i was blind)  and that's just fine (I would like to see your face one last time)    sticks and stones may break my bones  but names will never hurt me  and it's been years but still i fear that someday they'll desert me  oh, it's hard, i know  when it's time to stand alone  and no one understands you    sticks and stones may break my bones  but names will never hurt me  and it's been years but still i fear that someday they'll desert me  oh, it's hard, i know  when it's time to stand alone  and no one understands you    sticks and stones may break my bones  but names will never hurt me  and it's been years but still i fear that someday they'll desert me  oh, it's hard, i know  when it's time to stand alone  and no one understands you