“Numbers Game”
By: Steve Everett
Verse 1
Damn the sun came up again
There’s lines of bright light on my bed
It makes hard work of sleeping in
When you drink most nights til 5am
It takes bout everything I have
To swing my legs over the edge and start again
Even my mirror’s disappointed in where I am
Pre Chorus
If comparison’s the thief of joy I’ve stolen all I can
I’d have to live well past 100 to feel good again
Chorus
We all know how it gets played
You start out even and you can’t get back again
All I’ve ever had is letters to my name
And I’m afraid this here’s a numbers game
Verse 2
There’s that old storm cloud sneakin in
Turnin’ my dreams to common sense
Replacing blue with gray and dim
And I just let him
The margin’s getting pretty thin
My high’s and low’s are more like lines than waves I swim
I’m sure my friends are getting tired of hearing about it
Bridge
I’ve never wanted for nothing
My mother’s loved me all my life
I’ve got a roof over my head and warm meals to eat at night
I think it’s time
Chorus 2
I change the way it gets played
Stop basing what I’m worth around my pay
If all I’ll ever have is letters to my name
That’s ok, ok