You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same   I never got to be your Fred Astaire   You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care   But circumstance gets in the way         You have so many opportunities I never had   Don't push so hard, nothing is ever easy   And this talent that you take for granted, it's a gift from god   Don't pass it up, nothing is ever easy      Are you ready to work real hard   Are you tired it's just the start   Listen to me son, I'll take you far      You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same   I never got to be your Fred Astaire   You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care   But circumstance gets in the way      Heel, toe, heel, toe, side to side AGAIN, gonna get it right   Don't push so hard, nothing is ever easy   Don't forget your please and thank you's, don't forget to smile   Don't pass this up, nothing is ever easy      Are you ready to work real hard   Are you tired it's just the start   Listen to me son, I'll take you far      You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same   I never got to be your Fred Astaire   You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care   But circumstance gets in the way      Their pushing these children for all the wrong reasons   So far man you're crushing down their spirits   Your pushing these children for all the wrong reasons   So far man you're crushing down their spirits      Suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually   Suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually   Suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually   Suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually      Seeking, one of these paths      You're wasting time --- I call it living   To the world what are you giving   You're wasting time --- I call it living   To the world what are you giving   You're wasting time --- I call it living   To the world what are you giving      You're wasting time…       You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same   I never got to be your Fred Astaire   You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care   But circumstance gets in the way      Cause I never got to be your Fred Astaire   No, I never got to be your Fred Astaire      You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same   I never got to be your Fred Astaire   You can lie to yourself and all your friends and pretend that you don't care   But circumstance gets in the way