Lyrics to Live By

You've gotta pick yourself up by the bootstraps/
No one's gonna help you out when you fall/
You've gottta find a way out of your problems/
When you're broke and you're backed up against the wall/
If you sleep on your only chances/
They'll never come around again/
So dig deep and swing for the fences/
You never know it might work out in the end

"Memorial Day"

DROPKICK MURPHYS

How I Failed Five Today

Wouldn't let him drink Coca-Cola at nine o'clock at night. I wasn't around to ask, and his cousin said it was okay, so he didn't understand what was wrong with it.

How I Failed Five Today

We forgot to put his bookbag in the car, and even though I said I would drive it back to him, I didn't. Oh sure, I could tell you that I got distracted by the construction at my house, or that I had to drive my mom to the doctor, but you know, the boy went without lunch.

Lyrics to Live By

LYRICS TO LIVE BY

Next time I'll be braver/
I'll be my own savior/
When the thunder calls for me./

Next time I'll be braver/
I'll be my own savior/
Standing on my own two feet./

"Turning Tables"

ADELE

How I Failed Five Today

How could I not remember where he put his stylus? He gave it to me in the car.

How I Failed Five Today

I suggested that he sleep at the foot of the bed so he could feel the fan better. But then Four tickled him, and he hit his head on the wooden footboard. And his legs already hurt him, because he's growing, and if he gets hurt anymore he's just going to leave this house.

Lyrics to Live By

When you're happy like a fool/
Let it take you over/
When everything is out/
You gotta take it in

Oh, this has gotta be the good life/
This has gotta be the good life/
This could really be a good life, good life/
Say, oh, got this feeling that you can't fight/
This could really be a good life/
A good, good life.

"Good Life"

ONE REPUBLIC

How I Failed Five Today

It was my night to bring snacks to the baseball game, and I only offered one kind. That was kind of lame.

How I Failed Five Today

Wouldn't buy him the Brisk Pink Lemonade at the pizza parlour. Everyone disappoints him. Especially his family.

How I Failed Five Today

Didn't believe him when he told me someone looked at him while he was sleeping. Thirty seconds after I put him to bed. Was I trying to make him cry? Because no one in the family likes him. Do I want him to run away and join another family? Because he might!

How I Failed Five Today

Haven't made his piggy bank for the unit on money. Where will he keep all his fake change for the school store? Seriously, teachers, I am over projects of any kind at this point.