Well, I set myself up big time this time With the notion that you try your best And everyone wins But nothing ever goes that smoothly And it won't end like a movie Where the good guy always wins Until you figure out a way you can live without stories without happy ends Everyone I know is trying to get by Fighting all the half-true lies Nobody can win The fill you up with expectation, innovations, predictions, that can't possibly fly Cinderella's waiting tables, and the princess never did wake up That's how it begins Until you figure out a way that you can live without stories with happy ends Everyone I know is trying to get by, fighting all the half-true lies Nobody can win, nobody can win, nobody can win