No Prizes

[00:13.12] No prizes
[00:14.57] Take your shot for the love of the game
[00:16.17] I used to make plans, now I make decisions
[00:18.84] I'd always admired his nerve
[00:20.87] As sure as the crown on his shirt
[00:22.81] One hand in his waistband, he tells me to serve
[00:25.86] Credit ratings, savings, loans, down payments towards his investments
[00:30.28] "What can I tell you?", he says
[00:32.97] When you have kids, it kind of shifts your perspectives
[00:35.66] If I could do it all again, no question
[00:38.93] I could list ten things right now that I should've done different
[00:41.25] But where does that get me? He blows out his smoke
[00:44.91] The game's not done yet, he zips up his coat
[00:46.98] We stand at the lights before crossing the road
[00:50.84] He says, "As long as there's life, there's still so far to go"
[00:53.99] Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing
[00:57.24] And I don't know why
[00:59.29] I don't mind, don't mind
[01:05.21] Ooh-ooh, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing
[01:09.27] And I don't know why
[01:11.25] I don't mind, I don't mind
[01:17.37] She's got her hat pulled down, full camo suit
[01:20.63] Sitting on the bass amp, strapping a zoot
[01:23.45] I'm telling you, it's mad
[01:24.94] I read one interview with this soldier in Iran
[01:27.72] It's a government cover-up
[01:29.74] She's looking for the lighter, but the lighter's in her hand
[01:32.31] I'm just really tryna make a couple grand
[01:35.30] She plays with the chain 'round her neck, nods deeply
[01:38.62] Not even in this music thing, it's beneath me
[01:41.33] I start my own company, run my own business
[01:44.34] Print my own money, I serve my own interests
[01:47.09] I'm telling you, knowledge is key
[01:49.09] All my life, people took my ideas, made their names off of me
[01:53.08] But trust this, the more I look, the more I see
[01:55.76] There's so much more I'm going to be
[01:58.01] Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing
[02:02.04] And I don't know why
[02:04.34] I don't mind, don't mind
[02:10.47] Ooh-ooh, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing
[02:14.49] And I don't know why
[02:16.39] I don't mind, I don't mind
[02:22.80] They've seen nothing but dead ends
[02:24.09] And blockages and stopped clocks
[02:25.87] Misread prophecies and misheard promises
[02:28.44] They've got to keep three jobs ticking, they can't get a minute
[02:32.10] But they won't be defeated, they've got to live
[02:34.89] What are your dreams when they become ghosts in your ears
[02:38.14] Telling you things you just don't want to hear?
[02:40.41] Like, "You're too late, you missed your chance"
[02:43.46] The last thing they want is to be bitter
[02:45.49] Like they knew a few to be when they were younger
[02:47.47] And they swore, "Never me, never that"
[02:50.19] But the time that's behind them, they can't get it back
[02:52.84] I used to be joyful, they tell me
[02:55.10] A real free spirit, I thought music would protect me
[02:58.11] I used to sing in all these bars and I used to busk
[03:01.19] But never caught a break, my lucky day never showed up
[03:03.82] I never made it to the lights
[03:06.43] And now it's like my best days have gone by
[03:09.21] And I am scared that it's all too late, is it all too late?
[03:13.53] They walk fast and I can't keep pace
[03:15.86] They turn back, I watch the past cross their face and they say
[03:18.81] "If there's still time on the clock, there's still choices to make"
[03:22.52] Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing
[03:25.53] And I don't know why
[03:27.25] I don't mind, don't mind
[03:33.23] Ooh-ooh, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing
[03:37.56] And I don't know why
[03:38.80] I don't mind, don't mind
[03:41.89] Mm-mmm, I just wanna keep climbing, climbing
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[03:48.95] And I don't know why
[03:51.28] Oh, I don't mind, yeah, yeah
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