it gets worse before it gets better that's what your best friend said in the letter all the pictures are still on the shelf & you're barely making rent by yourself your mom is worried for your health you said it right from the start these sorts of things fall apart you take the subway home after work from your job as a retail clerk you're spending all the money you've saved records keep the quiet away up all night and sleep all day he said it right from the start these sorts of things fall apart