Spent last year like you're under a curse Better get better cuz it can't get worse Unless you're riding in the back of a hearse And you're cruising in first, ain't got no reverse Don't mind, i'll keep the rhyme in the second verse 'Cause you got a pharmacy weighing down your purse Don't need a lover, no, you need a nurse I know that it hurts, but on january 1st Everything's gonna be better next year Everything's gonna be better next year Everything's gonna be better next year Everything's gonna be better next year Feel it coming up Up up up and away We won't ever stop We got something to say We ain't got long Time tick ticking on go go going gone yeah yeah yeah yeah They know your name when you walk through the door Of the self-help section of the local bookstore Your heart's not broken but it sure is sore You're sad and you're poor now that therapy's over