We Do What We Can
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โฑ๏ธ 5:39 duration
๐ ID: 31355008
๐ Lyrics
Downstairs they're playing Kenton
The house set to swing
I lay in my bed
And listen to everything
Cause Leo's in rare form tonight
His trombone sings so sweet
This is the room where
They all come to meet
He said
I do what I can
I live for the moment
And that's who I am
Yeah that's who I am
And isn't it good
If we could freeze moments in time
We all would
But I do what I can
Downstairs he's playing Kenton
The Magnavox sighs
But oh how the music has changed
In all of our lives
He says "nobody listens
To modern jazz"
And I'll never have what these guys have
Chorus:
He says
I do what I can
I work for a living
That's who I am
Yeah that's who I am
It's good to be alive
But everything's different since Leo died
Since Leo died
Is this the end of the modern world
What could it mean for a young girl
Who sees the pain in his face
He does what he can
The procession on the TV screen
What could it possibly mean for a man
Who's come this far just to turn around
He does what he can
Could there still be life in Kenton's swing
With the Kennedys gone and everything
Those sad rows of houses with their optimistic colors
Democrat grandparents and draft-dodging brothers
Riots down the street and discontented mothers
We do what we can
Downstairs it's quiet
Less alive somehow
Somehow he was everything I am now
He says
I do what I can
I work for a living
That's who I am
Yeah that's who I am
It's good to be alive
These are the choices
We make to survive
We do what we can
The house set to swing
I lay in my bed
And listen to everything
Cause Leo's in rare form tonight
His trombone sings so sweet
This is the room where
They all come to meet
He said
I do what I can
I live for the moment
And that's who I am
Yeah that's who I am
And isn't it good
If we could freeze moments in time
We all would
But I do what I can
Downstairs he's playing Kenton
The Magnavox sighs
But oh how the music has changed
In all of our lives
He says "nobody listens
To modern jazz"
And I'll never have what these guys have
Chorus:
He says
I do what I can
I work for a living
That's who I am
Yeah that's who I am
It's good to be alive
But everything's different since Leo died
Since Leo died
Is this the end of the modern world
What could it mean for a young girl
Who sees the pain in his face
He does what he can
The procession on the TV screen
What could it possibly mean for a man
Who's come this far just to turn around
He does what he can
Could there still be life in Kenton's swing
With the Kennedys gone and everything
Those sad rows of houses with their optimistic colors
Democrat grandparents and draft-dodging brothers
Riots down the street and discontented mothers
We do what we can
Downstairs it's quiet
Less alive somehow
Somehow he was everything I am now
He says
I do what I can
I work for a living
That's who I am
Yeah that's who I am
It's good to be alive
These are the choices
We make to survive
We do what we can
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.97] Downstairs they're playing Kenton
[00:08.19] The house set to swing
[00:13.68] I lay in my bed
[00:17.22] And listen to everything
[00:23.52] Cause Leo's in rare form tonight
[00:29.88] His trombone sings so sweet
[00:35.28] This is the room where
[00:37.01] They all come to meet
[00:43.30] He said
[00:46.06] I do what I can
[00:51.43] I live for the moment
[00:54.16] And that's who I am
[01:00.42] Yeah that's who I am
[01:05.95] And isn't it good
[01:11.34]
[01:14.05] If we could freeze moments in time
[01:17.68] We all would
[01:23.07] But I do what I can
[01:28.64]
[01:37.46] Downstairs he's playing Kenton
[01:42.87] The Magnavox sighs
[01:47.46] But oh how the music has changed
[01:51.92] In all of our lives
[01:56.79]
[01:59.11] He says "nobody listens
[02:05.45] To modern jazz"
[02:09.94] And I'll never have what these guys have
[02:18.20]
[02:21.68] Chorus:
[02:24.29]
[02:30.05] He says
[02:30.99] I do what I can
[02:31.82] I work for a living
[02:37.28] That's who I am
[02:39.03] Yeah that's who I am
[02:43.58] It's good to be alive
[02:49.95] But everything's different since Leo died
[02:52.63] Since Leo died
[02:54.90]
[03:12.47] Is this the end of the modern world
[03:16.07] What could it mean for a young girl
[03:20.55] Who sees the pain in his face
[03:25.06] He does what he can
[03:29.09]
[03:31.46] The procession on the TV screen
[03:35.95] What could it possibly mean for a man
[03:40.46] Who's come this far just to turn around
[03:49.42] He does what he can
[03:52.19] Could there still be life in Kenton's swing
[03:53.93] With the Kennedys gone and everything
[03:58.45] Those sad rows of houses with their optimistic colors
[04:03.84] Democrat grandparents and draft-dodging brothers
[04:08.38] Riots down the street and discontented mothers
[04:14.63] We do what we can
[04:20.10]
[04:29.12] Downstairs it's quiet
[04:34.54] Less alive somehow
[04:39.00] Somehow he was everything I am now
[04:50.78] He says
[04:52.57] I do what I can
[04:56.12] I work for a living
[04:58.83] That's who I am
[05:04.23] Yeah that's who I am
[05:13.31] It's good to be alive
[05:18.79] These are the choices
[05:21.41] We make to survive
[05:28.63] We do what we can
[05:34.07]
[00:08.19] The house set to swing
[00:13.68] I lay in my bed
[00:17.22] And listen to everything
[00:23.52] Cause Leo's in rare form tonight
[00:29.88] His trombone sings so sweet
[00:35.28] This is the room where
[00:37.01] They all come to meet
[00:43.30] He said
[00:46.06] I do what I can
[00:51.43] I live for the moment
[00:54.16] And that's who I am
[01:00.42] Yeah that's who I am
[01:05.95] And isn't it good
[01:11.34]
[01:14.05] If we could freeze moments in time
[01:17.68] We all would
[01:23.07] But I do what I can
[01:28.64]
[01:37.46] Downstairs he's playing Kenton
[01:42.87] The Magnavox sighs
[01:47.46] But oh how the music has changed
[01:51.92] In all of our lives
[01:56.79]
[01:59.11] He says "nobody listens
[02:05.45] To modern jazz"
[02:09.94] And I'll never have what these guys have
[02:18.20]
[02:21.68] Chorus:
[02:24.29]
[02:30.05] He says
[02:30.99] I do what I can
[02:31.82] I work for a living
[02:37.28] That's who I am
[02:39.03] Yeah that's who I am
[02:43.58] It's good to be alive
[02:49.95] But everything's different since Leo died
[02:52.63] Since Leo died
[02:54.90]
[03:12.47] Is this the end of the modern world
[03:16.07] What could it mean for a young girl
[03:20.55] Who sees the pain in his face
[03:25.06] He does what he can
[03:29.09]
[03:31.46] The procession on the TV screen
[03:35.95] What could it possibly mean for a man
[03:40.46] Who's come this far just to turn around
[03:49.42] He does what he can
[03:52.19] Could there still be life in Kenton's swing
[03:53.93] With the Kennedys gone and everything
[03:58.45] Those sad rows of houses with their optimistic colors
[04:03.84] Democrat grandparents and draft-dodging brothers
[04:08.38] Riots down the street and discontented mothers
[04:14.63] We do what we can
[04:20.10]
[04:29.12] Downstairs it's quiet
[04:34.54] Less alive somehow
[04:39.00] Somehow he was everything I am now
[04:50.78] He says
[04:52.57] I do what I can
[04:56.12] I work for a living
[04:58.83] That's who I am
[05:04.23] Yeah that's who I am
[05:13.31] It's good to be alive
[05:18.79] These are the choices
[05:21.41] We make to survive
[05:28.63] We do what we can
[05:34.07]