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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] lies

Nobody can win
Nobody can win
Nobody can win