IntroVerse 1I Was Wind Surfing Instructor, All Through The SummerA Ski Bum In The Winter, It All Worried My MotherBut I Was A Kid And I Didn't Need MuchN.c.What Good Is Money To Man Who Dies Young?Verse 2I Had My Fun Til' My Body Said WhenAnd That's The Last Of That Life I Was Ever Gonna LiveBut I Was Still Kicking, Just A Bit LostN.c.And I Hit That Road I Never Thought I'd Never Have To CrossVerse 3It Had Been A Couple Months Without A Sense Of DirectionThen I Hit A Stroke Of Luck With An Old Family ConnectionOne Thing I Knew Was That I Didn't Know A LotN.c.But I Made My Way To New York And I Took The Fuckin' JobVerse 4I Was Running Round The City Getting Coffee For The Big GunsYou Saw That Film, That's About How It WasDang Cut Throat But Didn't Let It Cut Me DownN.c.I Became One Of Them And I Made My Mother ProudVerse 5A Strange, Foreign Taste, The Sweetness Of SuccessCinnamon Leather Shoes, A Name Plate On My DeskLived Fast For Few, Above My MeansN.c.And Watched The Cash Flow In Like Nothing Could Dam The StreamVerse 6I Was So Naive, Couldn't See It Going WrongAnd Before I Could Blink The Whole Firm DissolvedI Was Out On My Ass, I Knew I Had To SplitN.c.And That's The Last Of That Life I Was Ever Gonna LiveVerse 7So I Called My Brother, Told Him "Don't Tell MaBut I Don't Know What Do Man, I'm In A Tight Spot"He Heard My Tone, And Thank God He DidN.c.He Told Me Pack My Things And Come And Work With HimVerse 8And Like My Life There Was A Lot To Be BuiltHe Had Just Quit His Job And Took A Chance On HimselfAnd As You Could Assume For A While It Was ToughN.c.It Was 60 Hour Weeks And It Was Barely EnoughVerse 9But It Did Get Better, It's A Living In FactAnd I Could Have Done It Different But I Can't Go BackNow 20 Something Years Have Come And GoneN.c.And Honestly I Didn't Think I'd Live This LongVerse 10And I Know I'm Probably Dragging, I Don't Wanna Hold YaBut Let Me Tell You This, Boy, If Nobody's Told YouThe Thing About Life? There's No Straight RouteN.c.Save A Little, Live A Lot, You'll Figure It Out
