Duck And Cover
Nickel Creek and Glen Phillips Lyrics

Someone's in the backyard banging on the door
There's someone in the backyard, trying to get inside.

Daddy's gone away, he's coming back no more
The father has left and isn't coming back.

His baby's curled up on a stranger's floor
The child is sleeping on a stranger's floor.

Momma's thinking family dinners weren't too much to ask for
The mother wishes they could have kept eating together as a family.

Everybody here's got a story to tell
Each person has their own unique story.

Everybody's been through their own hell
Everyone has gone through their own difficult times.

There's nothing too special about getting hurt
Being hurt is a common experience.

But getting over it, that takes the work
It takes effort to move on from being hurt.

One way or the other we'll all need each other
We will rely on one another at some point in our lives.

Nothing's gonna turn out the way you thought it would
Our lives don't always go as planned.

Friends and lovers, don't you duck and cover
Don't avoid your problems or relationships.

'Cause everything comes out the way it should
Things will work out in the end.

Blessed are the humble, blessed are the meek
Those who are kind and gentle are blessed.

Blessed are the hungry, blessed are the weak
Those who are in need are blessed.

Blessed are the ones on the other side
Those on the other side of a conflict are also blessed.

And blessed are we just for being alive
We are blessed simply for being alive.

One day I stopped wanting anything at all
At some point, the artist lost all desires.

The heavens opened up like a waterfall
It was as if the sky had opened up.

No use in worrying about when it ends
There's no point in worrying about when it will all be over.

Just for now be thankful for what I get
Appreciate what you have now.

One way or another a man's gonna suffer
Everyone experiences suffering at some point.

Makes no difference the way you wanted it
Things don't always happen the way we want them to.

Seems like life is a palindrome
Life is like a palindrome, where the beginning and end mirror each other.

Cry when you die, cry when you're born
We cry both when we are born and when we die.

In between it's all about the ups and downs
Life is full of ups and downs in between birth and death.

Add them all together, they'll cancel each other out
When you add up all the ups and downs, they neutralize each other.

Won't get what you wanted, but what you got'll be good
Things may not turn out as we planned, but what we have will still be good.

Someone's in the backyard banging on the door
Someone is still trying to get inside.

Momma's thinking happy endings weren't too much to ask for
The mother just wants everyone to be happy in the end.