[Verse] I once held a silver spoon but it burned my greedy hand Dropped it in a well so deep where wishes never land The echo whispered secrets that I couldn’t understand A dollar’s just a ticket till it drifts back to the sand [Chorus] Oh That’s life A crooked deal we learn to play A deck of jokers Hearts that fray Keep on laughing through the grey Till the morning meets the stray [Verse 2] The scarecrow’s wearing Sunday best Bowed to fields of stone A thousand miles of corn to reap But none of it’s your own The crow stole all the melody Left the farmer’s voice alone Sang her song and flew away with all I’d ever known [Chorus] Oh That’s life The dance we lead with broken shoes A skylark’s cry that breaks the blues You win by losing more than you choose And the clock just shakes its screws [Bridge] I met a rusty nail that swore it once was straight and tall It leaned into the wind too long and found itself too small Now it keeps the boards together in a cabin set to fall And I thought I’d seen it all [Verse 3] The fire doesn’t favor wood; it’ll burn both oak and pine The rich man’s whiskey The beggar’s wine Both vanish over time So I’ll toast to every misstep Every hill I had to climb A crooked line’s still a sign
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