You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
 I never got to be your Fred Astaire
 You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care
 But circumstance gets in the way
 You have so many opportunities I never had
 Don't push so hard, nothing is ever easy
 And this talent that you take for granted, it's a gift from god
 Don't pass it up, nothing is ever easy

 Are you ready to work real hard
 Are you tired it's just the start
 Listen to me son, I'll take you far
 You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
 I never got to be your Fred Astaire
 You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care
 But circumstance gets in the way

 Heel, toe, heel, toe, side to side AGAIN, gonna get it right
 Don't push so hard, nothing is ever easy
 Don't forget your please and thank you's, don't forget to smile
 Don't pass this up, nothing is ever easy

 Are you ready to work real hard
 Are you tired it's just the start
 Listen to me son, I'll take you far
 You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
 I never got to be your Fred Astaire
 You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care
 But circumstance gets in the way

 Their pushing these children for all the wrong reasons
 So far, man you're [bad word] down their spirits
 You're pushing these children for all the wrong reasons
 So far, man you're [bad word] down their spirits
 Suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually, eventually
 They suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually, eventually

 Seeking, seeking, one of these one of these seeking, seeking one of these one of these paths (suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs walk away eventually)

 You're wasting time, I call it living
 To the world what are you giving
 You're wasting time, I call it living
 To the world what are you giving
 You're wasting time, I call it living
 To the world what are you giving
 You're wasting time...

 You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
 I never got to be your Fred Astaire
 You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care
 But circumstance gets in the way
 'Cause I never got to be your Fred Astaire no I never got to be your Fred Astair

 You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
 I never got to be your Fred Astaire
 You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care
 But circumstance gets in the way