[Verse 1]
I can't help but think back to the
The advice that I got from my dad
He said "Time goes by so fast,
in the blink of an eye, so never close your eyes.
And I always wanted something,
something more than 50 hours,
every week and a paid vacation,
on the Jersey shoreline."
And he said...

[Chorus] (x2)
"So when ambition turns into competition,
I'll never be the better man."

[Verse 2]
I can't help but think back to the
To the time he said "Life goes right by,"
And told me never think twice
"you can't second guess how to live your life."
All these years have been way too short
To be spent on some factory floor like me
I never went back again
I never looked back again
And he said...

[Chorus] (x2)
"So when ambition turns into competition,
I'll never be the better man."

[Ending]
"It's the last hour, of the last day,
don't fall so far behind now,
you'll be another nameless face."
He said...

[Chorus] (x4)
"So when ambition turns into competition,
I'll never be the better man."