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I've got respect from the community |
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I've got my bridge game to look forward to |
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I've got this chance, a golden opportunity |
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As long as |
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I keep doing what |
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I'm supposed to |
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You see my wife and kids, they depend on me |
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To provide them with nothing but the best |
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I feel it's my duty, my obligation |
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To live up to the standards society suggusts |
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So I'll keep on working for their benefit |
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And I'll keep on drinking |
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I'll keep on believing in my life |
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Another year of slaving and smiling, buying and trading |
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Living the life of a wealthy man |
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But somehow |
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I don't feel so rich inside |
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But that doesn't make sense |
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I just had a two week vacation |
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As soon as |
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I get this operation |
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Taken care of, |
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I'll start enjoying |
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The good things in life |
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So I'll keep on working for the benefits |
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And I'll keep on drinking |
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I'll keep believing in my life |
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When the pity spins your mind, |
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Darkness fills your heart, |
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And I won't be around |
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When you're feeling all alone |
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Then you'll know it's time, |
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To go into the ground |
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When the pity spins your mind, |
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Darkness fills your heart, |
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And I won't be around |
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I've got my family, friends, and associates |
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To stand by me as the threshold comes near |
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Within their faces |
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I see grave concern |
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As I ask myself if their thoughts are sincere |
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After all these years of being complacent |
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What do I get? tenderness, affection, a true sense of love? |
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No! just a pain through a body chalk full of regret |
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I'll keep on believing my life still has value |
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And I'll keep on laughing |
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Why can't |
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I stop laughing? |
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I can't stop the laughing. |
