Nothing good is permanent, it all gets used and quickly spent

Well you've got it in your hands, just make it last

Learning how to play the game, where to lose, it ends the same

The pieces fall and rearrange, it goes too fast

Hey, no one ever told you, no matter what you try to do

Everything is wrong

Rules get broken and get bent, it's hard to fake self-confidence

You ask for more, but there's nothing left in this empty glass

So comb your hair nice and shine your shoes, roll your sleeves, there's work to do

You're gonna end up black and blue in this wrestling match

Hey, no one ever told you, no matter what you try to do

Everything is wrong

Hey, I know what you've gone through

We all have to fight it too

Everything is wrong

It's just the way it is

Someday you'll tell your kids

But I can promise this, it's worth pushing on

Nothing good is permanent

All your years are quickly spent

Summer came and then it went

So make it last

Hey, no one ever told you, no matter what you try to do

Everything is wrong

Hey, I know what you've gone through

We all have to fight it too

Everything is wrong

So wrong

So wrong