I went searching for the truth   But in my innocence I found   All the con men and their acrobats   Who stomped me in the ground   If I count up their percentages   I know they're getting rich   But they haven't taken everything   Those paybacks are a bitch      Though I've lost quite a lot   I am still in control   They can keep what they've got   But they can't have my soul   And if I don't have this all worked out   Still I'm getting closer, getting closer   I still have far to go no doubt   But I'm getting closer, getting closer      What was ripped off by professionals   Is not all that it seems   While I must live up to contracts   I did not give up my dreams   If I see it as experience   It hasn't gone to waste   Lately all the missing pieces   Have been falling into place      And if I could go back and start over somehow   I would not change that much   Knowing what I know now   Thought there have been sins   I will regret   Still I'm getting close, getting closer   I don't have all the answers yet   But I'm getting closer, getting closer      I'm a mark for every shyster   From Topanga to Berlin   And I should have learned to kick them out   As soon as they crawled in   So to every bank in Switzerland   That stores my stolen youth   I'm alright because despite the laws   You cannot hide the truth      And although you will say   I am still too naive   But I have not lost faith   In the things I believe      And if I don't have a this all worked out   Still I'm getting closer, getting closer   I still have far to go no doubt   But I'm still getting closer, getting closer