You push the pedal but the thing won't go You try and learn it but you just don't know Who's holding bullets for your twisted gun You've spun it so that I may be the one What will your wounded soldier spell He's playing dead among the things that he will never tell When will your wounded soul just see That nothing here grows out of secrecy You say you're never gonna be rich Well how you ever gonna know If you never open your eyelids Tell me how you're gonna find gold You're telling me you've never been kissed Well maybe that's the way it goes But if you never learn to take nothing How you gonna learn to let go You're moving on or are you running scared It won't be long before the game gets fair You sit in silence and you plead your case You call it wisdom but they're just mistakes They'll never need you back in Oregon Can't build no story on the same old song Giving up is such a bitter taste I see the sour growing on your face You say you're never gonna be rich Well how you ever gonna know If you never open your eyelids Tell me how you're gonna find gold You're telling me you've never been kissed Well maybe that's the way it goes But if you never learn to take nothing How you gonna learn to let go You say you're never gonna be rich Well how you ever gonna know If you never open your eyelids Tell me how you're gonna find gold