When the world's got me stressed, agony of defeat I'm working so damn hard just to make ends meet My soul is strolling down a one-way dead-end street But I just gotta keep my head high... I say oh, oh oh... I know that I'm gonna get by I say oh, oh oh... I just gotta keep my head high. Saying oh, oh oh... I know that I'm gonna get by I say oh, oh oh... I just gotta keep my head high. I gotta live today or I'll die trying In the game of being a man there ain't no crying I'll keep it to myself when my mind's sighing But I still gotta show my head's high I say oh, oh oh... I know that I'm gonna get by I say oh, oh oh... I just gotta keep my head high. Saying oh, oh oh... I know that I'm gonna get by I say oh, oh oh... I just gotta keep my head high. It's hard to keep my cool when my world's on fire On the hill I am the fool, light my funeral pyre My mind will always duel with my soul's desire So I guess I gotta keep my head high I say oh, oh oh... I know that I'm gonna get by I say oh, oh oh... I just gotta keep my head high. Saying oh, oh oh... I know that I'm gonna get by I say oh, oh oh... I just gotta keep my head high.