Step up to the plate to play the game Save yourself and quit to play it safe Step up to the plate to play the game Save yourslef and quit to play it safe And the boy's got skills, the girl's got notion Smart enough but he lacks devotion Your reasons rhyme and your rhymes keep scheming But it's not enough so just keep on dreaming alone And I know you'll, you'll never make it on your own And I know you'll never get it right You only take this so far, then leave it all behind So tonight, I'm making up my mind Before we take this too far and leave it all behind So rise up to the occasion cause your robbing schemes, no explanation, got minor details filling major gaps And your memory, so just trace your footsteps Back to where this all started, before you got yourself broken-hearted, now Just keep it right there cause you'll, you'll never figure it out And I know you'll never get it right You only take this so far, then leave it all behind So tonight, I'm making up my mind Before we take this too far and leave it all behind Yeah, I'll miss you when I'm gone, I'll sing you a sad song tonight And I'll miss you when I'm gone, I'll sing you a sad song One more chance to get this right, one more chance to get it right One more chance to get this right, so never, get it right I know you'll never get it right You only take this so far, then leave it all behind (get it right) So tonight, I'm making up my mind (get it right) You know you make this so hard to leave it all behind Step up to the plate to play the game Save yourself and quit to play it safe