On My Mind

Tryna make the baseball team
And getting cut from varsity
Sloppy kisses at thirteen
The mystery of a girl

The magic of the morning fog
The putting down of your first dog
Learning how to love your curls
The smallness of the world

It's like running down the subway steps
And knowing you missed your train
It's like finding out that you forget
The way your first love said your name
It's the winning, it's the losing, it's the never knowing why
It ain't worth nothing
If it ain't worth a try
And that's what's on my mind
That's what's on my mind

Driving through the Bible Belt
Different city, same hotel
Catch a memory from a smell
Drink the whiskey til it's good

Do your taxes best you can
Shove it down and be a man
It's all gold in Hollywood
Live the life you thought you would

It's like tripping at a festival
And losing all of your friends
It's like driving to the hospital
For your grandma who should be on the mend
It's the loving, it's the leaving, it's the getting left behind
It ain't worth nothing
If it ain't worth a try
And that's what's on my mind
That's what on my mind

Find someone who makes you smile
Dinner parties once a while
Age with grace, grow old with style
Read a book and go to bed

Have a kid or two or three
Raise 'em right and make 'em see
The way the sunset bleeds to red
Melted butter, toasted bread

It's like passing down the farm
When you can't work another day
It's like throwing out your arm
To get that last strike in your final game
It's the way the world rewards the ones who look it in the eye
You let the sun in
You're laughing when you cry
Cuz it ain't worth nothing
If it ain't worth a try
No it ain't worth nothing
If it ain't worth a try
And that's what's on my mind
That's what's on my mind