Magic Hymie - Jerry Harrison

It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it If it were yesterday

Or any other day

I would have run away

Playing dumb

I would have stayed away

If it were afternoon

Or night or day

I would have run away

And put things off

And stayed away

Until another day, because-

It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it Sometimes you have to be Stretched to the wire

Before you can untie your hands

Before you move

Sometimes the gun must be Held to your head

When there’s nothing left

When there’s nothing left

You can go ahead, because-

It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it Face the chair

Firing squad

Without the heat

To bring you fear

You’ll never know

What you can do Keep it going (repeat)

So there’s a way out of that corner

you’ve painted yourself into.

And maybe

you’re just gonna have to dig that ditch

a little bit deeper before you can get

out of it.

Well do you just gotta stand up.

I mean if you sit down all your life what

are you gonna do?

I mean you’re just

gonna have to climb up right over

yourself and get out of there.

I mean

that mess you’re in, you’re just gonna

have to get out of it.

You’re

gonna have to decide you gonna do it.

You’re

gonna have to decide you wanna do it, and

then you’re just gonna do it.

So okay, all right, okay, okay, oh It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it It was my last attempt

It was my last defense

I didn’t think I could ever do it Until I did it …