i’m fighting tooth and nail, i’m trying to hold my own
with the have’s the have not's, the will's the wont's
the do’s the dont's,  the dreams the hopes
nobody tries to swim they either sink or float
and if we only did it right, we wouldn’t have to do it twice
well i guess i’m just confused, the more i win the more i lose
i’m taking it day by day, i’m living pay to pay
i’m taking two steps back for every step i take
with aches and pains, regrets mistakes
somehow i’m getting by so guess i can’t complain
and so they tell me such is life, never money, never time
for you to do the things you like, well then i guess i’m doing fine
i think back to when i was a child throwing pennies in a wishing well
can’t quite remember exactly what i wished for but it wasn’t this i’m sure as hell
and even if i had a dime for every time i swallowed pride
don’t think that i’d be satisfied, cause there’s something’s money can’t buy
though it may come as a surprise, can’t take it with you when you die
so i guess that it’s just greed to want the things that i don’t need
best things in life they say are free, but that’s just talk and talk is cheap
so dot the i’s and cross the t’s, oh what a tangled web we weave
no all what’s it cracked to be, and last but definitely not least
they’re going love you just the way that you are