You Can't Win...

You can't win

You can't break even

And you can't get out of the game

People keep sayin'

Things are gonna change

But they look just like they're 

staying the same

You get in 

Way over your head

And you've only got yourself to blame

You can't win, child

You can't break even

And you can't get out of the game

You can't win

The world keeps moving

And you're standing far behind

People keep saying thing'll get better

Just to ease your state of mind

So you lean back

And you smoke that smoke

And you drink your glass of wine

Saying you can't win, child

You can't break even

And you can't get out of the game

You can't win

You can't win 

No way

If your story stays the same

You ain't winnin'

But it's nice to see you

I'm awfully glad you came

Better cool it

It ain't about losing

Then the world has got no shame

You can't win, child

You can't break even

You can't get out of the game

You can't win

You can't break even 

Ain't the way it's supposed to be

You keep spendin'

Your little bit of money

While someone else rides for free

Learn you lesson

Refuel your mind

Before some turkey blows out your flame

You can't win

No, you can't win

You can't win

No, you can't win

You can't win

You can't win, child

You can't break even

And you can't get out of the game

You can't get out of the game

You can't get out of the game

Ugh. 

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I have always loved this scene from The Wiz. It says a lot, and while the movie is severely underrated in my humble opinion, it is one of the best movies ever created. In this scene, those motherfucking crows (which never shut up) are telling that cute little scarecrow who he is. After the song, Dorothy comes and saves him, but it is the song, itself, that I love. It says a lot about how people will treat you, what they need you to believe, and the lengths they will go through to keep you up there on that there pole. 

This is beautiful. And I need it here so it can be a reminder to me that the crows are always, ALWAYS running their beaks. Despite that, the Scarecrow had the most heart of all our little adventurers--even though it was being constantly chipped away at. 

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Let's find a point to my posting this, shall we?

Oh imaginary legion of peoples that read dis' ...

...it's just a ride

but we always kill those good guys

that try to tell us that

you notice that?

And let the demons run amok...