As you were sleeping I was walking down the tunnel Wasn't why I've had to struggle Then I got to thinking, countin' all my reasons What could be worth all this trouble I'm, growing up, gotten off, of end of the easy ride The easy life Then, catching up, the real world is not on my side Its no lie Well I've heard it all before About the constant state of war They all said things work out that way That the beauty and the pain No it isn't all the same But I'm the one that has to change See, I made up my mind My excuses left behind From now on, things work out my way