[Verse 1] Hand-me-down car Secondhand chair You counted every dollar Like thin summer air Clock on the wall Buzz of the strip mall You kept a tight fist On anything at all [Chorus] You make a living with what you get Pay the bills Try to forget But you make a life with what you give That’s the part that’s yours to live You make a living with what you get Day by day Dollar and cent But you make a life with what you give [Verse 2] Coffee at dawn Bent paper cup You held the door open For a stranger beat up Your jacket round A shivering kid You walked home in the rain Smiled at what you did [Chorus] [Bridge] All of these little Quiet things Hands reaching out instead of in [low vocal register] That’s the fortune That’s the win [crescendo] When you pour yourself out You finally pour light in [Chorus]
