Del Amitri - Just Getting By lyrics

Look at me, I'm the one who got away
The one who could've shone
I tried to do my best
But I guess your best don't last for long

Look at me, standing with my tattered pride
Of toothless little lions
We try to make a difference
Do something no one else had tried

But if you see me walking
And you're wondering why
Well it's just the business of life
If you're not getting lucky
You're just getting by

Look at me, is it written on my face
The luxuries I've known?
Am I a foreign presence
Someplace that used to be my home?
So if you see me walking, just a regular guy
Well it's just the business of life
If you're not getting lucky
You're just getting by

And in that weightlessness that
Comes with good luck
The one thing you don't expect
Is feeling the drop

Look at me, I'm the one who got away
And then came crawling back
I try to do my best
But I guess I never had the knack

So if you see me walking
And you're wondering why
Well it's just the business of life
If you're not getting lucky
You're just getting by