[Verse 1] She wore faded jeans and soft black leather She had eyes so blue they looked like weather When she needed me I wasn’t around That’s the way it goes it’ll all work out [Verse 2] There were times apart there were times together I was pledged to her for worse or better When it mattered most I let her down That’s the way it goes it’ll all work out [Chorus] It’ll all work out eventually Better off with him than here with me   It’ll all work out eventually Maybe better with him than here with me [Verse 3] Now the wind is high and the rain is heavy And the water’s rising in the levee Still I think of her when the sun goes down It never goes away but it all works out