Can`t Win Lyrics

Can`t Win lyrics

I started to cry, they put gin in my cup

I started to crawl, and they swaddled me up

I got up and run, they said, "Easy, son

Play up, play the game"



They told me to think and forget what I'd heard

They told me to lie and they questioned my word

They told me to fail, better sink than sail

Just play the game



Oh, towers will tumble and locusts will visit the land

Oh, a curse on your house and your children and a fruit of your hand



They said, "You can't win, you can't win

You sweat blood, you give in

You can't win, you can't win

Turn the cheek, take it on the chin"



"And don't you dare do this, don't you dare do that

We shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back

Oh the nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

The nerve of some people, I don't know who you think you are

Who you think you are"



Oh, what kind of mother would hamstring her sons?

Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues

Ah, better to leave than stay here and grieve

And play the game



Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around

If you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound

Just stand there and rust, die if you must

But play the game



Oh, if we can't have it

Why should a wretch like you?

Oh, it was drilled in our heads

Now we drill it into your head too



They said, "You can't win, you can't win

You sweat blood, you give in

You can't win, you can't win

Turn the cheek, take it on the chin"



"Don't you dare do this, don't you dare do that

We shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back

Oh, the nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

The nerve of some people, I don't know who you think you are"



The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people

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