Well the first dance cost me a quarter,

and the second dance cost me my heart

Now I'm here on this barstool,

like a circle it ends where it starts

And it goes something like this

Always a swing and a miss



Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night

Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night

I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright

yeah it's alright

And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not

Until it is something that you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got



Well I woke up hung over in the squalor

where I make my home

Ate my heart out for breakfast,

then I met the day stoned

And it goes something like this

Always a swing and a miss



Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night

Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night

I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright

yeah it's alright

And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not

Until it is something that you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got



(Guitar Solo)



Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night

Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night

I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright

yeah it's alright

And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not

Until it is something that you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got

It's something you ain't got



'cause it's alright, yeah it's alright