Try Again

Lyrics

Someone else's success is not your failure Except, when it is Like if you're an actor and another actor gets the part you auditioned for Well then? Then it is But hey, it's okay I still love you, actor So don't hate me when I say If at first you don't succeed If life don't give you what you need Just try, and try again If you give it your best shot And the assholes say it's not Just try, and try again Just try, and try and try and try And try and try and try 'Till the day that you die The cream always rises to the top Except, when it won't Like if you slave away for years at writing and you find yourself in the same place now that you were when you started Then, it don't But yo, you gotta know That even though it's so cliche You must go on with the show And if at first you don't succeed And your fingers start to bleed Just try, and try again And if you bare your very soul And the critics' eyeballs roll Just try, and try again Just try, and try and try and try And try and try and try 'Till the day that you die If you're standing on a rooftop And you jump off of the building Because you want it all to end And you land six feet below Upon a fire escape you didn't know was there at all Then listen friend Ignore my oft repeated line Just dust yourself off, honey And respect that that was a sign Because if your suicide goes bust Then you absolutely must not Try, don't try again Use the stairs, walk to the street See the people, feel the heat And apply yourself again If at first you don't succeed If life don't give you what you need Just try, and try again If you throw in your whole heart And they go recast the part Just try, and try again If the big-shots condescend Fuck those bastards, find a friend Oh, and try, and try again When they cast you out to sea There's a lifeboat manned by me Called try and try again So just try, and try and try and try And try and try and try 'Till the day that we die And I will try hard as I can to thrive If you help me survive As long as we're alive