I couldn't tell you why my expectations were so high
After failing one million and one times
I thought you could be mine easy like the rhyme
Boy was I wrong now I'm singing this song
Where on this third rock from the sun do I belong
Could have swore the last marathon I finished strong
But I've never been a runner maybe next summer
Trying to escape from another undercover
Then I got caught like I always do
Stuck playing life when I'm searching for a clue
So I had to part ways with the board games
Lost in an alley in the valley striking ten frames
Nowadays my daily news is the from the jukebox
Cops shooting black folks Yankees beating Red Sox
And for some strange reason
People still listening to Donald Trump talk

I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end

A friendly face behind the bar knows my real name
She doesn't have to ask I always drink the same thing
Frozen in the state that is north of South Dakota
Jameson and water 'cause I quit drink soda
Or maybe the IPA that is on tap today
Bitter with the hops as I jump and fly away
Like Vince Carter mixed with Zach LaVine
Distracted by the articles in a Playboy magazine
You know I be lying but you know I be trying
I'm a keep you smiling because my name is Ryan
But here I am once again talking to you
Sitting in my throne in this dim lit room
I tell her my frustrations and my future destinations
At the same time at the very same location
And then one day her boyfriend breaks up with her
Has a drink with me her shift just got over

I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end

You always get up when you fall down
She is just another face in the crowd
I'm not a fisherman I'll probably never be
But planet Earth is two thirds a sea

I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end

I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
Until you help yourself
I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
Until you help yourself