It's a game you can't win I hear the waves Sun beatin' down on my shoulders It's a near-perfect day Wishin' I wouldn't get any older They say that it's gone 'fore you know it now

The night came in and made her shiver I told her she could have my jacket Wrapped it tight around her shoulders Leaves are fallin', it's September Like a whiskey, like a whiskey And I was so young 'til she kissed me I used to try to forget her And I was

I will stand by you Now I can't carry the world on my shoulders This I know is true Know that I will stand by you I will never back down from a good fair fight I will find my way through the darkest night No, I'll never feel wrong for doing what's right

Stripes around my shoulders I got stripes, I got chains, Chains around my feet I got stripes, And them chains, them chains, They're about to drag me down On a Monday, On a Tuesday,

It's a game you can't win I hear the waves Sun beatin' down on my shoulders It's a near-perfect day Wishin' I wouldn't get any older They say that it's gone 'fore you know it now

Carry me home Bear my weight on your shoulders Got to hold it up for him Nothing else matters And don't let go Midnight strikes, where is my prince? Lost my comfort, more time to think Broken and bruised, tell me what I am Feel so unused, help me find

'Cause you lift me up No I don't get down And I know, no matter how much colder Or how much I carry on my shoulders As long as I'm standing, I'll be closer 'Cause it ain't over, 'til it's over But we don't get down No we don't get down We can turn this

'Cause you lift me up No I don't get down And I know, no matter how much colder Or how much I carry on my shoulders As long as I'm standing, I'll be closer 'Cause it ain't over, 'til it's over But we don't get down No we don't get down We can turn this

I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am a giant (Oh) Gonna shake, throw it away in the dirt, yeah, yeah I am a giant (Ooh) Stand up on my shoulders, tell me what you see 'Cause I am a giant (Ooh) We'll be breaking boulders, underneath our feet Oh, oh, oh,

'Cause you lift me up No I don't get down And I know, no matter how much colder Or how much I carry on my shoulders As long as I'm standing, I'll be closer 'Cause it ain't over, 'til it's over But we don't get down No we don't get down We can turn this