I look around me and I see what I wanted and what I settled for.
Yeah, I've got the heart of a Joan of Arc but the soul of a gigolo.
I've been good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Anytime I stopped to smell the roses they drew
blood from me.
Do you know what I mean?
You never ever get away clean.
But, it's alright,
yeah, touchdown, turn around, flag on the play.
...it's always something, you know it is, it's always something, It's always something, everyday, It's always something.
When I was a kid the teachers and the priests said "Why'd you let him run around like that?"
My father said "If the boy wants to play the guitar I saw we let him." Through the hard years he was my rock when I just could not win. So it goes y'know my father died just before my leaky ship came in.
Do you know what I mean?
You never ever get away clean.
Oh, but it's alright yeah.
Down one, home run, your dog steals the ball.
...it's always something, you know it is, it's always something, It's always something, everyday, It's always something.
I step up to the table in the middle of my life and I take my cards and I check them twice.
I've got a killer hand and I'm ready to stake my claim
The cops raid the game.
.......It's always something...
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