No prizes
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

I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why I don't mind, 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 government 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

I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why I don't mind, 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, climbing

And I don't know why I don't mind, don't mind

I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why I don't mind, don't mind

I just wanna keep climbing, climbing

And I don't know why I don't mind