From the recording Dealing With People (2016)
Lyrics
We try to live our lives and do what's right
But what's right is not always popular
And what's popular ain't always right
You see the best things in this life aren't free
The best things in this life take sacrifice
If you're going to follow your dreams
So baby, take the pain
Take the heartache and the shame
And chalk it all up to the cost of playing the Game
We both hurt but hey, we're okay
I'm not gonna call
We're better off now
Don't you agree?
Oh, what a wonderful life it would be
If I don't call you, and you don't call me
I'm not gonna call
I'm not gonna call
No
In life, you gotta do what you want
Say what you want to say
And just be you
No matter who knocks you down
Just get up and try again
'Cause they're not gonna call
So, why are you wasting your life
Trying so hard to be liked
By everyone?
If they don't want what you want
Don't cry
It's okay
You don't need them anyway
Just chalk it all up to the cost of fortune and fame
We both hurt but hey, we're okay
I'm not gonna call
We're better off now
Don't you agree?
Oh, what a wonderful life it would be
If I don't call you, and you don't call me
I'm not gonna call
I'm not gonna call
No
You said that you would never leave
And I believed you
I turned my body into whiskey
Just to grieve you
Though it's over now, I'm out to show you how
A man gets along in this world
But I'm not gonna call
We both hurt but hey, we're okay
I'm not gonna call
We're better off now
Don't you agree?
Oh, what a wonderful life it will be
If I don't call you, and you don't call me
I'm not gonna call
I'm not gonna call
No
I'm not gonna call you
And please don't call me
No