You Can´t Win

You Can´t Win

Mighty Mighty Bosstones
(album: A Jackknife To A Swan)

This won´t be so hard to follow
You must replace your common sense
And then you won´t find it´s hard to swallow
Its been based on real events
You can only hear what you want to hear
They´re wide awake and they´re well aware
That they made you a promise that they won´t keep
They´re wide awake they can´t afford to go to sleep
With no remorse or self respect
The course of course is the least direct
They choose to confuse a resource they´ll use
Well if they don´t win they still won´t lose
A red cent or one thin dime
Been banking yours and been banking mine
They say this is the way that its always been
They may let you in but they´ll never let you win
No way, no how, no
You can´t win, no you´ll never win
No how, no way, they
Might let you in, but they´ll never let you win
They´ll never let you win
What now please a word here to the wise
You´ll need to read between the lines
You´ve got to dot your t´s and cross your eyes
Cross your fingers when the print is fine
What you´ve got to do is stay one step ahead
They´re wide awake while you´re still in bed
They count the money while you count the sheep
They´re wide awake they can´t afford to go to sleep
( No way! No way, no how, no
You can´t win, no you´ll never win
No how, no way, they
Might let you in, but they´ll never let you win