We Did Fine (And That's the Truth)

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Born in the eighties one of five

Living hand to mouth but we survived

Secondhand clothes but that was fine

We made the most of what we had at the time

From rented flats to rented homes

We moved around never settled long

Mother was a drinker and Dad was gone

But somehow somehow we carried on

Verse 2

School was tough but I got by

Not all the children would turn out fine

Could say I wasn't happy but that'd be a lie

There were good days too as the years went by

We didn't have much but we had our days

Found our own kind of happiness along the way

Life wasn't perfect but we made it through

Doing the best that we knew how to do

Chorus

It's my life and I'll stay true

I do me and you do you

Life's not always easy

It's how you make it through

We did fine and that's the truth

Yeah we did fine and that's the truth

Post-Chorus

We did fine

Yeah we did fine

Verse 3

Hit my teens and liked a drink

Didn't care and didn't think

Still got good memories amongst it all

Liked a smoke and took a fall

We liked to argue we liked to fight

But by the evening meal we'd put it right

Took to working started getting straight

Found the love that grew from all the hate

Chorus

It's my life and I'll stay true

I do me and you do you

Life's not always easy

It's how you make it through

We did fine and that's the truth

Yeah we did fine and that's the truth

Post-Chorus

We did fine

Yeah we did fine

Instrumental Break

Verse 4

Years have passed and I'm married now

With six stepkids don't ask me how

Found a sober life and Mum followed suit

And I'm the best me because I grew from my roots

Looking back on the life I've known

Through all the hard times I've found my home

We weren't perfect but we made it through

And there's a lot of love in the life we grew

Final Chorus

It's my life and I'll stay true

I do me and you do you

Life's not always easy

It's how you make it through

We did fine and that's the truth

Yeah we did fine and that's the truth

Outro

We did fine

Yeah we did fine

And that's the truth