No Prizes

No prizes

Take your shot for the love of the game

I used to make plans, now I make decisions

I'd always admired his nerve

As sure as the crown on his shirt

One hand in his waistband, he tells me to serve

Credit ratings, savings, loans, down payments towards his investments

"What can I tell you?", he says

When you have kids, it kind of shifts your perspectives

If I could do it all again, no question

I could list ten things right now that I should've done different

But where does that get me? He blows out his smoke

The game's not done yet, he zips up his coat

We stand at the lights before crossing the road

He says, "As long as there's life, there's still so far to go"

Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing

And I don't know why

I don't mind, don't mind

Ooh-ooh, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why

I don't mind, I don't mind

She's got her hat pulled down, full camo suit

Sitting on the bass amp, strapping a zoot

I'm telling you, it's mad

I read one interview with this soldier in Iran

It's a government cover-up

She's looking for the lighter, but the lighter's in her hand

I'm just really tryna make a couple grand

She plays with the chain 'round her neck, nods deeply

Not even in this music thing, it's beneath me

I start my own company, run my own business

Print my own money, I serve my own interests

I'm telling you, knowledge is key

All my life, people took my ideas, made their names off of me

But trust this, the more I look, the more I see

There's so much more I'm going to be

Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing

And I don't know why

I don't mind, don't mind

Ooh-ooh, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why

I don't mind, I don't mind

They've seen nothing but dead ends

And blockages and stopped clocks

Misread prophecies and misheard promises

They've got to keep three jobs ticking, they can't get a minute

But they won't be defeated, they've got to live

What are your dreams when they become ghosts in your ears

Telling you things you just don't want to hear?

Like, "You're too late, you missed your chance"

The last thing they want is to be bitter

Like they knew a few to be when they were younger

And they swore, "Never me, never that"

But the time that's behind them, they can't get it back

I used to be joyful, they tell me

A real free spirit, I thought music would protect me

I used to sing in all these bars and I used to busk

But never caught a break, my lucky day never showed up

I never made it to the lights

And now it's like my best days have gone by

And I am scared that it's all too late, is it all too late?

They walk fast and I can't keep pace

They turn back, I watch the past cross their face and they say

"If there's still time on the clock, there's still choices to make"

Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing

And I don't know why

I don't mind, don't mind

Ooh-ooh, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why

I don't mind, don't mind

Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why

Oh, I don't mind, yeah, yeah