[Verse 1]
You don't have to tell me that I'm stubborn
'Cause I'm not
And I know cause it runs in my family
And skips every other generation

[Verse 2]
You don't have to save my soul
Or make me feel like I'm in control
It's not worth the double scotch whiskey
That you'd have to buy me

[Pre Chorus]
You look like you're surprised
Like when will I get wise
But I'll just drive the same dead ends I've tried
And I think I know why

[Chorus]
There's no connection between what I want
And what is good for me
The truth, I tell myself not to believe

[Verse 3]
You don't know, I could have been somethin'
But I'm not and I know that it's somebody else's fault
Just like every other thing
That's ever happened to me
[Verse 4]
Yeah, I could have been like the king
Or like someone who could really sing
Folks would line up round the corner
Just so they could come and hear me

[Pre Chorus]
And there I go again
Them devils love their sin
Well, they can't end what I do not begin
So I'm safe where I'm in

[Chorus]
And there's no connection between what I want
And what is good for me
The truth, I tell myself not to believe
There's no direction between where I am
And where I'm supposed to be
The truth, I tell myself not to believe

[Keyboard Solo]

[Bridge]
Don't think that I'm expecting you to stay
'Cause you won't and I know
'Cause I've seen it a million times
It's just a charming, self destructive disposition of I
Yeah, all those happy endings are for fools
Who feel like they will never lose
Folks, who think there's a God out there
That's gonna save them
[Pre Chorus]
I'll get this 'round my friend
And then we can start again
Just like we did when we were who we are
Have we come that far?

[Chorus]
There's no connection between what I want
And what is good for me
The truth, I tell myself not to believe
There's no direction between where I am
And where I'm supposed to be
The truth, I tell myself not to believe

[Instrumental Outro]