[Verse 1] He hasnt seen a drop of rain for months it seems Rolling river is nothing but a trickling stream The crops are dying in the harsh sunlight The dust on his tongue is dry The fatted calf is down to skin and bones We carry on Alone in the city and shes only seventeen The boy left her black and blue in the street so mean Just twelve weeks along and shes got a life inside Says shes never ever felt so alone She walks in the shelter, they say welcome home [Chorus] And we carry on When our lives come undone We carry on Cause theres promise in the morning sun We carry on As the dark surrenders to the dawn We were born to overcome We carry on [Verse 2] Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells The happy endings and the fairy tales Is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams We carry on Its the family that grieves for a lost loved one Its the soldier who wont leave till the job is done Its the addict trying to turn his life around Its picking yourself off the ground when youve been knocked down [Chorus] And we carry on When our lives come undone We carry on Cause theres promise in the morning sun We carry on As the dark surrenders to the dawn We were born to overcome [Chorus] We carry on When our lives come undone We carry on Cause theres promise in the morning sun We carry on As the dark surrenders to the dawn We were born to overcome We carry on [Outro] He stands in the field, cooled by the winds of change She smiles as her baby moves and it starts to rain
carry, overcome, undone, surrender, life