Life has a way of forcing your hand
Push you forward or over before you know where you stand
No time to get your bearings before you make your move
Got to make your decisions before you know the truth

Can't stand back, can't calculate
All important experience always comes too late
Think you've got it figured, the equation's changed
You know there's no way you can win this game

Cos like Forrest Gump, there's no guide on the box
Hard labour for life, a chain-gang breaking rocks
Working for reasons that have no utility
Dream of the Good Life, an exercise in futility

Cos now is all that matters, no future's guaranteed
One day it'll be worth it, one day you'll be dead
You slave for your future, you slave for your wage
But there's nowt in the small print saying you'll ever get paid

chorus:
Trouble with life is it's gone before you know it
You only get one chance and it's so easy to blow it
You plant a seed and don't live to see it growing
When it's all said and done, what's left to show for it?

Yes, life has a way of forcing your hand
Push you forward or over before you know where you stand
No time to get your bearings before you make your move
Got to make your decisions before you know the truth

Can't stand back, can't calculate
All important experience always comes too late
Think you've got it figured, the equation's changed
You know there's no way you can win this game

Cos life has no rehearsal and not much of a plot
And the stage direction doesn't help a lot
Just go through the motions and you can't go wrong
Miming along to someone else's song

Fuck all that, I always wanted something more
Than a shitty existence before I drop through the trap door
Wanna be my own director and write my own lines
But I need more space and I need more time

chorus:
Trouble with life is it's gone before you know it
You only get one chance and it's so easy to blow it
You plant a seed and don't live to see it growing
When it's all said and done, what's left to show for it?