The group were big for just a year and then the whole thing fell They had nothing to fall back on They fell pretty hard, as you can tell And now they’re cleaning tables in the local bar It wasn’t all that long ago that they’d be told that they’d go far She looks down on those who do not look up to her Oh, she’s a head above them all, although she’ll never be as tall And everybody loves her, they think that she is swell But the one true problem is that she knows it all too well
Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you And I know that it’s a hard thing to choose, but I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve got nothing to lose
Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake And it is nowhere you will go if it’s not progress that you make And I know that it’s a hard thing to choose, but I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve got nothing to lose now
And he’s feeling pretty confident He thinks his future’s made But all of a sudden the adoration could fade Now he begs the world to like him, and pretends he likes himself But he’s wasted all his years and now he’s sitting on the shelf And I can try to avoid it I can push it in the shade But whether I like it or not there are decisions to be made I’m really scared a little bridge is all that I will be They’ll tell me I’ll be big and then they’ll walk all over me
But carve out your future, no one else will do it for you Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you And I know that it’s a hard thing to choose, but I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve got nothing to lose
Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake And it is nowhere you will go if it’s not progress that you make And I know that it’s a hard thing to choose, but I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve got nothing to lose now
Can I be sure that I’ve got nothing to lose? And can I be sure that I won’t end up bruised? Can I be sure that I’ve got nothing to lose, nothing to lose? Can I be sure that I won’t end up bruised?
But take life by the handlebars Take life by the handlebars And I know that it’s a hard thing to choose, but I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve got nothing to lose Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake And it is nowhere you will go if it’s not progress that you make And I know that it’s a hard thing to choose, but I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve got nothing to lose now I’ve got nothing to lose