Sonny wrote a check that he knew he couldn't pay
So he gathered up his shit and he headed for LA
But he only had the gas, oh, to get him halfway
So now he lives in Indiana

Oh man, oh man
We're just doing the best we can
Oh man, oh man
We're all doing the best that we can

Jackie had a job working seven nights a week
In a fancy restaurant where the mayor used to eat
Now she's making twice as much selling pictures of her feet
To strangers on the internet

Oh man, oh man
We're just doing the best we can
Oh man, oh man
We're all doing the best that we can

Katie bought a gun, yea, to keep herself safe
Thought her neighbor was a thief pulled the trigger by mistake
Now she's living in a cage out at Chuckawalla State
Thinking, What was I so scared of?

Oh man, oh man
Oh man, oh man

If the universe is expanding
Why's my rent still going up?

Oh man, oh man
We're just doing the best we can
Oh man, oh man
We're all doing the best that we can
Oh man, oh man
Sometimes the best laid plains
Oh man, oh man
We're all doing the best that we can"