Lyrics Rick Springfield – It’s Always Something (Itsalwayssomething)

I look around me and I see what I wanted and what I settled for
Yeah, I’ve got the heart of a Joan of Arc but the soul of a gigolo.
I’ve been good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Anytime I stopped to smell the roses they drew blood from me.

It’s always something, you know it is, it’s always something,
It’s always something, everyday, it’s always something.

When I was a kid the teachers and the priests said,
«Why do you let him run around like that?»
My father said, «If the boy wants to play guitar, I say we let him.»
Through the hard years he was my rock
when I just could not win.
So it goes y’know my father died
just before my leaky ship came in.

Do you know what I mean?
You never ever get away clean. Oh, but it’s alright yeah.
Down one, homerun, your dog steals the ball.

I step up to the table in the middle of my life
and I take my cards and I check them twice.
I’ve got a killer hand and I’m ready to stake my claim,
the cops raid the game.

…it’s always something