Big Time

[Verse 1]

If I only coulda realized

Before the memories crystallized

There was something more to a night, I'll tell you what I know

Everything has got a sacrifice

Even winning is a compromise

If you wanna live a happy life don't let the good ones go

Unrequited valentines

The best of fruit left on the vine

And all these things I can't deny, I'm certified

[Chorus]

I was big time, wasn't I?

All these big time people comin' by

But it was right there all the while

You were my big time

Oh, we were big time

Oh, and where the hell was I

When we were big time?

[Verse 2]

Only so much time in a day

I mighta thrown a lot of it away

Before I die I know I'll think about our love, your smile, your way

Absence, lies and alibis

Rented rooms and borrowed time

And all these things I can't deny, I'm certified