STORY

When this song was recorded, I had just come back to Nashville and the big flood happened. We weren’t sure we’d get to be able to record this, because there was so much rain and roads were closed everywhere, but somehow we did. This is the most upbeat and carefree song on the album. It’s a song you can get up and dance to, and it’s really, really fun to perform too! I’m definitely a girl who is very easygoing about a lot of things. You know when you listen to the lyrics, and it says, wakin’ up in the morning to hit the books again? Well, I’ve definitely done that! Just slept in and hoped everything would work out in the morning. This song is about going with the flow, knowing who you are, not changing things just to suit someone else. It’s about accepting who you are and making it work.

LYRICS

VS1
Wakin up in the morning to hit the books again
Another final warning, I gotta turn it in
My friends would say it's just like me, to find myself in a jam
But why not adapt the system, to who I really am
It's just the way it is, don't see it changing
It all comes down to how I'm gonna make it happen


CHORUS
When you hit the limit, and losing time on things that you gotta do
You gotta make it work
When you're stepping in it, and find you're holding on just to get through
You gotta make it work
Hangin by a thread is not exactly right where you wanna be
You gotta make it work
If you're gonna save the day, I only know of one way
You gotta make it work


VS2
It really doesn't matter, who I'm with, where I am
I can always find the ladder, out of the hole again
You'd think I'm like a chameleon, just the reverse you see
Instead of me fitting in with everything else, I make everything fit with me
It's just the way it is, don't see it changing
It all comes down to how I'm gonna make it happen


Written by: Michael Lee - Don Somerville - Michala Todd
Copyright © 2010: Ultra Lounge Music/SESAC, Crystal Teardrop Music/SOCAN, Michala Todd Music/SOCAN