Remember the bar where our fathers went
To spend the end of the day

Remember the yard behind the bar
Where we’d run and play

Yeah, well, now the bar is a laundromat
Now, the yard is a high-rise flat

You can't go back
You can't make it last

You've gotta take what you've got
Even when your life is in knots
You take aim, take your shot
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
You've got to take what you've got

You'd always say that one of these days
You'd get out of this broken town

You'd always say that you wouldn't stay
No, you wouldn't stick around

Never knew what I wanted before
Now I'm even more unsure
You can't move on if you're still in the past

You've gotta take what you've got
Even when your life is in knots
You take aim, take your shot
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
You've got to take what you've got

Everybody’s telling me what I need to be
Change with the times, move on with my life
Or just wait around and see
Well, maybe this time, I take a chance
Leap into the vast expanse
Maybe this time, I seize my destiny
My destiny

You've gotta take what you've got
Even when your life is in knots
You take aim, take your shot
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
You've got to take what you've got
You've got to take what you've got