My Whole Life Is Over (All Over Again)

[Verse 1]
Summer has surrendered
The  boys are back in town
The  kids are going crazy
The deal is going down
And I'd have to be a liar
To  say you never crossed my mind
'Cause  I thought of you a shit-ton
When I was doing time

[Verse 2]
I  got beat down by the system
I got picked up by my folks
I got drunk instead of crying
It's my favorite little hoax
This  year the poetry was sloppy
This year everybody died
America, the Beautiful
God's no longer on your side

[Chorus]
I finally got it where I [wanted/want it]
And there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over all over again

[Verse 3]
Well, love is still the answer
To a question never posed
All dressed up for the letdown
In a dirty pair of clothes
I fell in love so many times today
And no one knew but me
I'm a terrible secret-keeper
When there's secrets I must keep

[Verse 4]
So if I tell you one, please promise
As I promise this to you
That a promise is a freak-show
And I'm a freak-show too
And freaks, though sometimes kept
And put upon display
Are often also broken
In their funny little way

[Chorus]
Finally got it where I [wanted/want it]
And there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over all over again

[Verse 5]
So roll another number
'Cause what else can you do
When there's a pistol of opinions
And it's pointed right at you?
Though I never see it coming
And feel foolish in the dark
Oh, my eyes will often wander/wonder
'Til I know it in my heart

[Verse 6]
Oh, my mind is full of games
And I haven't got the touch
I think I don't know anything
I know I think too much
And it's a good fight that I'm fighting
But God knows what I'm fighting for
The kind of battle hymns I've written
Have all been sung before

[Chorus]
I finally got it where I [wanted/want it]
And there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over all over again