“Two Points For Honesty” is the tenth track from Guster’s third album Lost and Gone Forever. It is a live favorite, although out of the songs from the album, it is one of the least performed.
The song has inspired some of the band’s most well-known merchandise, including a T-shirt with a scoreboard...
[Chorus]
If that's all you will be, you'll be a waste of time
You've dreamed a thousand dreams, none seem to stick in your mind
Two points for honesty
It must make you sad to know that nobody cares at all
[Verse 1]
I want to be where I've never been before
I want to be there and then I'd understand
Know I'm right and do it right, could I get to be like that
How to know what I don't know, nothing more to gain
[Pre-Chorus]
Will I get better or stay the same
I find I always move too slowly
Can't lift a finger, can't change my mind
I never knew 'til someone told me that
[Chorus]
If that's all you will be, you'll be a waste of time
You've dreamed a thousand dreams, none seem to stick in your mind
Two points for honesty
It must make you sad to know that nobody cares at all
[Verse 2]
And all the people who've seen it all before
And all the people who already understand
Know they're right, and have done it right, could I get to be like that
How to know what I don't know, it's harder everyday
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't lift a finger, can't hurt a fly
I've found I always move too slowly
One thing's for certain, I'm insecure
I never knew 'til someone told me that
[Chorus]
If that's all you will be, you'll be a waste of time
You've dreamed of thousand dreams, none seem to stick in your mind
Two points for honesty
It must make you sad to know that nobody cares at all
Nobody cares at all
They never cared at all
Two Points for Honesty was written by Ryan Miller.
Two Points for Honesty was produced by Steve Lillywhite.
Guster released Two Points for Honesty on Tue Sep 28 1999.