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 have 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
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 goverment cover up
She's looking for the lighter but the lighter's in her hand
I'm just really trying to 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 and 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
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
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
I just wanna keep climbing climbing
And I don't know why oh I don't mind yeah yeah