We Do What We Can - Sheryl Crow

Downstairs they're playing KentonThe house set to swingI lay in my bedAnd listen to everythingCause Leo's in rare form tonightHis trombone sings so sweetThis is the roomWhere they all come to meetHe saidI do what I canI live for the momentAnd that's who I amYeah that's who I amAnd isn't it goodIf we could freeze moments in timeWe all wouldBut I do what I canI do what I canDownstairs he's playing KentonThe Magnavox sighsBut oh how the music has changedIn all of our livesHe says "nobody listensTo modern jazz"And I'll never have what those guys haveHe saysI do what I canI work for a livingAnd that's who I amYeah that's who I amAnd it's good to be aliveBut everything's different since Leo diedI do what I canIs this the end of the modern worldWhat could it mean for a young girlWho sees the pain on his faceHe does what he canThe procession on the TV screenWhat could it possibly mean for a manWho's come this far just to turn aroundCould there still be life in Kenton's swingWith the Kennedys gone and everythingThose sad rows of houses with their optimistic colorsDemocrat grandparents and draft-dodging brothersRiots down the street and discontented mothersWe do what we canDownstairs it's quietLess alive somehowSomehow he was everything that I am nowAnd he saysI do what I canI work for a livingAnd that's who I amAnd that's who I amBut it's good to be aliveAnd these are the choicesWe make to surviveYou do what you can