Step up to the plate to play the game   Save yourself and quit to play it safe      Step up to the plate to play the game   Save yourslef and quit to play it safe   And the boy's got skills, the girl's got notion   Smart enough but he lacks devotion   Your reasons rhyme and your rhymes keep scheming   But it's not enough so just keep on dreaming alone   And I know you'll, you'll never make it on your own   And I know you'll never get it right   You only take this so far, then leave it all behind   So tonight, I'm making up my mind   Before we take this too far and leave it all behind      So rise up to the occasion cause your robbing schemes,   no explanation, got minor details filling major gaps   And your memory, so just trace your footsteps   Back to where this all started, before you got yourself broken-hearted, now   Just keep it right there cause you'll, you'll never figure it out   And I know you'll never get it right   You only take this so far, then leave it all behind   So tonight, I'm making up my mind   Before we take this too far and leave it all behind      Yeah, I'll miss you when I'm gone, I'll sing you a sad song tonight   And I'll miss you when I'm gone, I'll sing you a sad song   One more chance to get this right, one more chance to get it right   One more chance to get this right, so never, get it right   I know you'll never get it right   You only take this so far, then leave it all behind (get it right)   So tonight, I'm making up my mind (get it right)   You know you make this so hard to leave it all behind      Step up to the plate to play the game   Save yourself and quit to play it safe