You May Not Get It All

Not quite rooted, feeling low

I could have slept away the day

My sky's polluted, grinding slow

My confidence starting to fray

She came in nodding softly, feeling me out

She knew I hadn't gotten much rest

She said, honey, why not have another coffee

And take off some straps?

And still I'd like to suggest that

You may not get it all, but that's alright

You've been trying to brink the ocean with a plastic straw

Our paths may still connect the dots despite

You're blowing like a brass band

In a Mardi Gras, oh

She was just in, planning me off

For all the nights that I'd begun

As her assistant, I could feel

The wear these weeks would put on

And just as I was leaving

The warmth flowed out

I said some things I knew I'd regret

She said, "Honey, if we're gonna make it home

I'm gonna make it home

I said, honey, if we're gonna make it through this moment

It's gonna take a duet, and perhaps a little more sweat

I said, you may not get it all, but that's alright (that's alright)

You've been feeling kind of frozen

Darling, it's time to thaw

Our paths may still connect the dots despite (that's alright)

You're hitching to a dreamer

With a fatal flaw

We may get all that we're after

But most likely there'll be give and take

Showing patience in our relations

Unveils the preciousness of what's at stake

Yeah!

You may not get it all, but that's alright (that's alright)

You've been trying to brink the ocean with a plastic straw

Our paths may still connect the dots despite (that's alright)

You're blowing like a brass band

In a Mardi Gras, oh, whoo