| Song | The Ills |
| Artist | Mayer Hawthorne |
| Album | It's Kind of a Funny Story (Music From the Motion Picture) |
| Woo HooA baby’s born | |
| The father’s gone | |
| Can’t live with what he’s done | |
| You know now mama’s torn | |
| She can’t afford | |
| To raise her son | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| But then you get back up | |
| Way down in | |
| New Orleans | |
| The city screams | |
| They’ve gone black and white | |
| And when the levy’s broke | |
| Woo hoo the city float | |
| And people lost their lives | |
| You know they needed aid | |
| They hoped and prayed | |
| But it was just too late | |
| And now the family’s cried | |
| They know inside | |
| Doesn’t have to be that way | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| But then you get back up | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| But then you get back up |
| Woo HooA baby' s born | |
| The father' s gone | |
| Can' t live with what he' s done | |
| You know now mama' s torn | |
| She can' t afford | |
| To raise her son | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| But then you get back up | |
| Way down in | |
| New Orleans | |
| The city screams | |
| They' ve gone black and white | |
| And when the levy' s broke | |
| Woo hoo the city float | |
| And people lost their lives | |
| You know they needed aid | |
| They hoped and prayed | |
| But it was just too late | |
| And now the family' s cried | |
| They know inside | |
| Doesn' t have to be that way | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| But then you get back up | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| You know the ills of this world they can get you down | |
| But then you get back up |