I was talking to johnny 'Bout the shape I'm in With the pinhole eyes And the darkness within Ah, but the kid don't lie He says: We know what we know I'm sick of kicking out my life In the glare of a world That just don't wanna know Don't let go Don't let go Don't let go Don't let go of the rope, don't But the kid don't lie Never says a word But he looked me in the eye And I stared right down that barrel Into the bottom of the world Don't let go Don't let go Don't let go Don't let go of the rope And, if you're rolling easy, go steady You gotta do what you do to get along Did they leave you screaming in the rain? Yeah, no one told you that they loved you Were you cheated? Were you robbed? Just hold on And don't let go Don't let go Don't let go of the rope And, if you're rolling easy, go steady You gotta do what you can to get along They left us screaming in the rain Yeah, they tossed us with the garbage Into the justice of the dark, oh, no Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Ah, don't let go (hey, hey, hey) Don't let go (hey, hey, hey) No, don't let go Don't let go of the rope Don't let go of the rope Don't let go the— Fuck off