Well it's a new year, with [bad word] 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.
 man walked by, walking back and forth the street with a [bad word] 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?