i ll get by as long as i have you though there be rain and darkness too i ll not complain i ll see it through poverty may come to me it s true but what care i say i ll get by as long as i have you i ll get by oh yes honey child i ll get by just as long as i have you and remember though there be rain and of course a little darkness too i ain t never gonna complain um um not me i ll see it through poverty may come to me it s true but what care i say i ll get by