Giving Up the Giving Up

As one sun rises, another one is set
I was charged with commiting a crime
that didn't exist before the moment we met
The day came in waves of regret
I'm like the blind man under a truck
I hate to tell you baby
that I'm giving up the giving up
I had a bad beginning
light a matchbook and serve iron.
Every other day my daddy would say
"If you laugh you'll be burned alive"
Well now I'm laughing like a builder's hammer
driving a nail straight through his thumb.
I spent my time with knowledge
giving up smart just to get real numb.
Losing is always easy
if you lose from the very start.
You don't wanna come in half way through
that's how you break a heart.
You can't put me back in the pack -
I'm a match already struck.
Just say, "I'll see you tomorrow."
I'm giving up the giving up.
Putting wheels on the Benjamin,
marching to the ticking of a clock.
Time strides by, another lady in the night
searching for a piece of rock,
While witches with their poison apples
are begging me to take a bite
and in the morning after I'll be too strung out to fight.
Losing is always easy if you lose from the very start.
You don't wanna come in half way through
that's how you break a heart.
You can't put me back in the pack
I'm a match already struck.
Just say "I'll see you tomorrow."
I'm giving up the giving up.
Some people live to work
while others work to pay -
And there's nothing exciting about a habit
unless you do it every day.
Well you and me go together
like salami and strawberry jam
I got a heavy heart
and you hold a winning hand.
You take it to the next level,
yeah you raise it up a notch!
I'm going back to limbo -
where I'm giving up the givin- giving up the giving up.