Streets Ahead (If You Have to Ask, You’re Streets Behind)

I've never been the cool kid

Guess life just never went as planned

I should've been chasing girls and chasing highs

But instead I joined the band

And while I learned a lot of notes and scales

That just don't equate to record sales

Guess I should've followed more trends

(Or made famous friends)

Instead of wasting time with a guitar and a pen

No wonder no one will ever know my name

Just once I just want something to change

No, I just can't let this go

But the voice in my head says

Listen up, just give up and go home kid

Pack it up cause you're never gonna make it

No, I've never felt this low

But the knot in my chest says

Listen up, just give up and go home kid

Pack it up cause you're never gonna make it

I never aimed to strike it rich

I know six strings won't make my wallet thick

I just hoped if I wrote til my fingers, they broke

I'd stick out from the crowd, maybe feed one mouth

Thought I'd bide my time and just bite my tongue

Try to cut my teeth while they flap their gums

But I guess I overslept through my fifteen minutes of fame

The last fifteen years flushed down the drain

No wonder no one will ever know my name

Just once I just want something to change

No, I just can't let this go

But the voice in my head says

Listen up, just give up and go home kid

Pack it up cause you're never gonna make it

No, I've never felt this low

But the knot in my chest says

Listen up, just give up and go home kid

Pack it up cause you're never gonna make it

This scene it seems more like a herd

I'll never fit your inner circle

Guess my edges are too rough

Or maybe I'm not good enough

So follow suit and tie your tongue

Cause all of the best dreams die so young

I gave my blood, my sweat, my tears

Yet all I ever hear is

No, I just can't let this go

But my gut still screams

Listen up, just give up and go home kid

Pack it up cause you're never gonna make it

No, I've never felt this low

But the knot in my chest says

Listen up, just give up and go home kid

Pack it up cause you're never gonna make it

You're never, ever, ever gonna make it