INTRO / / / / / VERSE 1 I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal too the floor Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar / My broken house behind me and good things ahead, / a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time / Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking / aha! listen to the engine whine CHORUS / / I am going to make it through this year if it kill me / / I am going to make it though this year if it kills me VERSE 2 / I played video games in a drunken haze, / I was seventeen years young / Hurt my knuckles punching the machines / the taste of scotch rich on my tongue / / / / And then Cathy showed up and we hung out trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean locking eyes holding hands twin high maintenance machines CHORUS / / I am going to make it through this year if it kill me / / I am going to make it though this year if it kills me BRIDGE I drove home in the California dusk, I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum Pictured the look on my stepfather's face, ready for the bad things to come. VERSE 3 I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway, / the motor screaming out stuck in second gear The scene ends badly as you might imagine / in a cavalcade of anger and fear / There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year CHORUS / / I am going to make it through this year if it kill me / / I am going to make it though this year if it kills me