Every Once In a While

Hey, what's the big idea?

Come on, now

Don't leave me standin' here

I'm just watchin' all the clouds go by

Just like clock hands on the face of the sky

Every once in a while

Everything comes together

Every once in a while

Everything turns out right

Hey, as a matter of fact

Like a lost child at the vanishing act

I'm just watchin', watchin' my future take flight

Just like black holes in the wings of the night

Everybody

Only gets lucky sometimes

Everybody

Is always changin' sides

So you'd be wise to know your enemy

Soon they'll be movin' in next door

They'll come to show you to your destiny

And they won't be empty-handed anymore

Hey, it's like a one-man show

Everybody's in, there's nobody to go

I'm just watchin' all the tables turn

Just like smoke rings from a slash and burn

Every once in a while

Everything goes to pieces

Every once in a while

Everything must divide

Hey, why you actin' so strange?

It's all just static, I must be out of range

I'm just watchin' my reality bend

Just like wildflowers at the season's end

Won't somebody

Tell me everything's gonna be fine?

Won't somebody

Tell me everything be alright?

'Cause I can't take too much more of this

I could never stand it anyway

I guess it's easy to afford all the risk

When you're not the one who's gonna have to pay