One life to live and only one way to live

But there's an unspoken price to pay the minute you jump in

It pulls the plug that holds your spirit, it pours it down the drain

Slipping through your fingers now to never be regained

One life and one truth, the way it goes

Beyond belief, looking back at forty years

You're nowhere near complete

When it's over, how're they going to explain themselves to you?

This watch and chain is taken, full and final payment

For the forty years you gave to us, "meant so very much to us."

Stop your vacant dreaming, there's no more time for that

Fun and games won't get you by or keep you on the track

You sold out to the highest bidder

Doesn't that make you the winner?

Pension doesn't numb the wasted years you've let slip by

"Fun costs money, and who exactly's gonna foot your bill?"

One life and one truth, the way it goes

Beyond belief, looking back at forty years

You're nowhere near complete

When it's over, how're they going to explain themselves to you?

One life and one truth, the way it goes

Beyond belief, looking back at forty years

You're nowhere near complete

When it's over, how're they going to explain themselves to you?