You push the pedal but the thing won't go   You try and learn it but you just don't know   Who's holding bullets for your twisted gun   You've spun it so that I may be the one      What will your wounded soldier spell   He's playing dead among the things that he will never tell   When will your wounded soul just see   That nothing here grows out of secrecy      You say you're never gonna be rich   Well how you ever gonna know   If you never open your eyelids   Tell me how you're gonna find gold   You're telling me you've never been kissed   Well maybe that's the way it goes   But if you never learn to take nothing   How you gonna learn to let go      You're moving on or are you running scared   It won't be long before the game gets fair   You sit in silence and you plead your case   You call it wisdom but they're just mistakes      They'll never need you back in Oregon   Can't build no story on the same old song   Giving up is such a bitter taste   I see the sour growing on your face      You say you're never gonna be rich   Well how you ever gonna know   If you never open your eyelids   Tell me how you're gonna find gold   You're telling me you've never been kissed   Well maybe that's the way it goes   But if you never learn to take nothing   How you gonna learn to let go      You say you're never gonna be rich   Well how you ever gonna know   If you never open your eyelids   Tell me how you're gonna find gold