one chance at a time

hello there

you tell me

you got a lot of real respect

for my kind

the old timers

i'm old enough to know the rules. but nobody gave me the book

i had to learn to improvise myself

'n time 'n time i let me down

until i learned the hard way

how to feel

what's real

but you get one chance at a life

to give it all and get it right

'n after all this time in mine

everything i thought i knew

was tellin' me

to give it up

and leave it all behind

but you get endless second chances

to take it one chance at a time

for love 'n money

i made a lot-a dumb mistakes

in my time

believe me

i proved and proved it

i can't believe i'm gonna prove it again

it's time to reinvent myself

but where the hell does the fire come from

when makin' it don't make it anymore?

time and love

i been lookin' all my life

for time and love

hoping a breeze will come 'n take me

i been waiting

and waiting

and sailing in one place

like a bird against the wind

afraid to turn and fly away