New Year's Eve

Well it's a new year  with it comes more than new fears
Met a young man who was in tears  he asked me
"What induces us to stay here "
I said  "I don't know much and I'm not lying
But I think you just have to keep on trying "
And I know I am naive  but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Took a stroll around the neighborhood
Where the trees are swaying
People passed in cars with their windows down
With a pop song playing
A man walked by  walking back
And forth the street with a drunken smile to go along
He stopped to look at me and say
"Child  don't fear doing things wrong "
Yet I am still afraid but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Got to write more songs of a little more  treat my friends better
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter
And sometimes when it's too hard to get up
It just might be a little call apart
But I find it hard to believe  but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Tell me  tell me
Oh  what's going to save me