You take a wrong turn, drop the ball, fall short, you labor in vain You choke, miss the boat, bomb out, cave in, fall flat on your face Yeah that's everyday life
You hit a good lick, the stars light up Your ship comes in, you make your mark You catch a break, and you're sittin' on top You're the stuff, you set the bar You beat the odds and there you are Spend most your life sittin' in the dark waitin' your turn But every now and then you burn
You go wild in style, chest out chin up, you're king for a day And then reality hits like a fist, hits you hard, steals your thunder away And when it beats you down The wheel spins around and
You hit a good lick, the stars light up Your ship comes in, you make your mark You catch a break, and you're sittin' on top You're the stuff, you set the bar You beat the odds and there you are Spend most your life sittin' in the dark waitin' your turn But every now and then you burn
Burn like a flicker in a red hot flame Burn like a match in a deep dark cave Like a midnight mile-high blaze
You hit a good lick, the stars light up Your ship comes in, you make your mark You catch a break, and you're sittin' on top You're the stuff, you set the bar You beat the odds and there you are Spend most your life sittin' in the dark waitin' your turn But every now and then you burn
Yeah, you burn burn burn burn