He wants to dream like a young man With the wisdom of an old man He wants his home and security He wants to live Like a sailor at sea Beautiful loser Where you gonna fall And you realize You just can't have it all He's your oldest And your best friend If you need him He'll be there again He's always willing to be second best A perfect lodger A perfect guest Beautiful loser Read it on the wall And realize You just can't have it all Just can’t have All Just can’t have all Can’t have it all You can try, you can try But you can’t have it all He'll never make any enemies Enemies, no He won't complain If he's caught in a freeze He'll always ask He'll always say, please Beautiful loser Never take it all 'Cause it's easier And faster when you fall You just don't need it all Oh, oh You just don't need it all Just don’t need it all Just don’t need it all