On My Mind

Tryna make the baseball team And getting cut from varsity Sloppy kisses at thirteen The mystery of a girl The magic of the morning fog The putting down of your first dog Learning how to love your curls The smallness of the world It's like running down the subway steps And knowing you missed your train It's like finding out that you forget The way your first love said your name It's the winning, it's the losing, it's the never knowing why It ain't worth nothing If it ain't worth a try And that's what's on my mind That's what's on my mind Driving through the Bible Belt Different city, same hotel Catch a memory from a smell Drink the whiskey til it's good Do your taxes best you can Shove it down and be a man It's all gold in Hollywood Live the life you thought you would It's like tripping at a festival And losing all of your friends It's like driving to the hospital For your grandma who should be on the mend It's the loving, it's the leaving, it's the getting left behind It ain't worth nothing If it ain't worth a try And that's what's on my mind That's what on my mind Find someone who makes you smile Dinner parties once a while Age with grace, grow old with style Read a book and go to bed Have a kid or two or three Raise 'em right and make 'em see The way the sunset bleeds to red Melted butter, toasted bread It's like passing down the farm When you can't work another day It's like throwing out your arm To get that last strike in your final game It's the way the world rewards the ones who look it in the eye You let the sun in You're laughing when you cry Cuz it ain't worth nothing If it ain't worth a try No it ain't worth nothing If it ain't worth a try And that's what's on my mind That's what's on my mind