Well it's a new year, with it comes new hope and 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, rocking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go along

He stopped to look at me and said, "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 on

It just might be you that I'll call upon.

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?