You only go around in life
Once they say, not twice
You need to do your best
To make the best of it

Every mountain that we find
Is there for us to climb
If you want to truly live
Never even think to quit

How often have you heard them say
Today is now the time and place
So, make sure that you live it
Every minute to the fullest

Don't let a single day go past
Where you end up with regret
If there's even a millisecond left
Run and jump at the chance

Only you can take this day
And make it the day you made a change
No longer giving space free rent
With I only wish I had

You only go around in life
Once they say, not twice
That's why we need to do our best
And make the best of it

When we put trust in giving up on us
We thought that we’d be free
But all I do is think of you
Do you do the same for me

With all the mistakes we tend to make
In this relationship
The worst one we have ever done
Is when we up and called it quits

Words were tossed without much thought
Like we were throwing stones
In this glass house we soon found out
There are a few things that you don’t

Say out loud when in a crowd
If you can’t take it back
That’s one thing that I found out
The very moment that you left

When deciding that we should call it quits
In an effort to be free
At that point in time, I never realized
I would find you’re all I need, when it comes to being free

With the news these days a-churning
As the world outside is burning
Happy to have something to write about

From riots screaming in the streets
To the migrating Killer Bees
Chaos on every corner without a doubt

Backyard volcanos burping
As tornados take turns churning
It might be time to head for higher ground

We'll be in a world of hurt
If they keep digging up this dirt
There'll be no sand left in the playground

With countries holding endless wars
No idea of what they're fighting for
Always ready, set to go another round

They feed us pills to cure our ills
Keep us broke with piles of bills
Does anyone else hear that ******* sound

Whoever made it cool to break the rules
Left the door wide open for all these fools
So, insanity could freely muck about

To keep the news a-churning
While the world outside is burning
I'm always happy to have something to write about

No if, and, buts, or maybe's this is going on daily
A people being blown by the wind
In all different directions with little to no course correction
Uptown then back down again

Most go with the flow but little do they know
What we all eventually find
Is that we move in and out or somewhere there about
Living and dying with no reason nor rhyme

We have our ways of excusing all the don'ts we are doing
And still find time for the placing of blame
On everyone else excluding ourselves
Cause what they do and we do just don’t seem the same

Too often we hide all that’s bottled inside
Hope against hope no one finds
The way we finagle under the table
Living and dying with no reason nor rhyme

We all seem to take whatever is thrown our way
Not a one of us a very good catch
You can tell by the piles found all over the ground
At the feet of you and me, we’re a mess

Whether coming or going there’s no way of knowing
Who’ll be next to next step out of line
It’s still no surprise we’ll all one day wave bye, bye
Living and dying with no reason nor rhyme

1, 2, 3, jump to conclusions
Before a thing is said
Wrong or right, we pick a side
There's not a lie we haven't met

From that point we justify
All we think we see
Blind leading blind most of the time
We tend to find we're not that deep

1,2,3, jump to conclusions
Is what we mostly do
With the meter that we're using
You blame me while I blame you

Everything these days it seems
We take it to extremes
From a slight rage to full blown hate
Our Modus Operandi if you ask me

1,2,3, jump to conclusions
Before we even know the facts
The conclusion I've come up with is
I find it all rather sad

Call the Undertaker
Bring the backhoe along
We're not doing ourselves any favors
With the direction we are going

If there's anyone who needs counseling
Group discounts help you save
I'm sure I'm not the only one
That sees we're digging our own grave

Do we even know what we're doing
With pickax in grimy hands
Who was it that started this movement
As it quickly rolls across the land

With time drawing near
And the hour getting late
It's just as we all feared
We are digging our own grave

Until we learn to get along
In this land of kings and queens
The world around us does not revolve
Or owe us anything

We might think we run the show
But we barely have a say
By now somehow, we all should know
We are digging our own grave

Why do those who say they love the most
Care the least for these and those
Have a completely opposite opinion
From all of them and their next of Kin

When they say it’s all about love
They spit and kick, scream and cuss
Call you the worst names they can
Then turn and say, love your fellow man

Why do those who scream so loud
Not see their world is upside down
Spreading love as they say
But what they really spread is hate

They refuse to see the other side
At this time just might be right
To know the truth is all but gain
Why then are they so afraid

Why do those who think they know
Have no idea they really don’t
Hanging with the maddening crowd
Won’t make it right because it’s loud

When you’ve been told time and again
By those in whom you put trust in
It’s really hard to accept the fact
That all you know is opposite