You can't sneak your way up the ladder Have it handed to you on a silver platter It don't depend on who or what you know It won't rub off of some movie star You gotta bang it out on a cheap guitar It doesn't matter what you drive It's how you go
If I'm gonna play. I'm gonna play loud Pour the midnight oil, let it all burn out If I'm gonna love, I'm gonna love big I wasn't born to hold nothin' back from you and that's the way it is I don't want life watered-down I want to drink it strong Until it's gone, until it's gone
Well, nobody here sent for you, son There's a million roads but you just get one Treat every quarter inch like a hundred yards Better swing your groove Like you swing your hammer Sing like Cash did in the slammer You can't go half at it, ya got to nail it hard
If I'm gonna play. I'm gonna play loud Pour the midnight oil, let it all burn out If I'm gonna love, I'm gonna love big I wasn't born to hold nothin' back from you and that's the way it is I don't want life watered-down I want to drink it strong Until it's gone, until it's gone