Way It Goes

Well I know we gonna make it but take it slow You never know what you're gonna get Say you live your life like Russian roulette And I know, I know I know you can't live your life on the run My daddy told me listen my son Do what I say don't do what I've done I'm not the best at most the things I try and do I make a mess out of most things, well yes, it's true But I still climb to the top, before I get to ride it down And I don't raise a deal about the things That I have done and found 'Cause I'm, well, just a man, but a man got a lot to lose Got a lot of choice to make with not a whole lot of choice to chose Do I accept my fate or do I go and refuse Got to force to state and I gots to state the truths And that's the problem, well There ain't no right or wrong, I say One's about, well, getting ahead The one's about, well, getting gone And I, well I know we gonna make it but we'll take it slow You never know what you gonna get You say you live your life like Russian roulette And I know, I know Well, I know you can't well live your life on the run And my daddy told me listen my son Do what I say don't do what I've done But I ain't calling for no outs or immunities I got my problems, but I'm solving them when I'm in the sea 'Cause the finer things are nothing, said my future wife So I told her, everything else must cost me more than my life But I know, well that's just the way it goes And I know, the way it goes is the way it goes And I know, if I don't make it, there'll be a good reason But if I'm stuck here by next year I'm just getting up and I'm leaving 'Cause, that's the problem There ain't no right or wrong, I said One's about, well, getting ahead The other's about, well, getting gone It's a choice if you stop But it ain't one if there's no use Gotta climb to the very, very top Well, if you want the best of the views, then it's true And I know, and I know Well, I know we gonna make it but we'll take it slow You never know what you gonna get, yeah Say you live your life like Russian roulette Well I know, I know I know you can't well live your life on the run My dad would told me listen my son Do what I say don't do what I've done What I've done