I know a story, and if you lend me an ear and a halfway open mind
You may discover something about yourself
I see you're distracted
Said the carnival master and pointed down to the broom
I should have been pushing
And he gently took me aside, and said

Every task before you is a challenge to succeed

Oh, oh, oh, moment to moment
Like every breathe is a step to forever
Oh, oh, oh, moment to moment, boy
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up

I remember in passing
But the fool that I was couldn't see for the next ten years
Until I discovered, like waking up from a dream
Instead of a master, or the flying trapeze
I was down here pushing a broom and watching the actors
And I heard again his words, saying

Every choice before you is a challenge to succeed

Oh, oh, oh moment to moment
And every breathe is a step to forever
Oh, oh, oh moment to moment boy
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up

And it's too late, is it too late to remedy?
Da, da, da, da, da, da
Will you teach me? Will you teach me?
Da, da, da, da, da, da

Every choice before you is a challenge to succeed
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, moment to moment
Like every breathe is a step to forever
Oh, oh, oh, moment to moment, boy
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up

If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up

Oh, oh, oh moment to moment
And every breathe is a step to forever
Oh, oh, oh moment to moment boy
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up

If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up
If you don't give up, give up, you don't give it up