I can't help but think back to the The advice that I got from my dad He said, "Time goes by so fast In the blink of an eye, so never close your eyes" And I always wanted something Something more than 50 hours Every week, and a paid vacation On the Jersey shoreline And he said, "So when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man" (Whoa oh oh oh) so when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man (yeah!) I can't help but think back to the To the time he said, "Life goes right by" And told me never think twice "You can't second guess how to live your life" All these years have been way too short To be spent on some factory floor like me I never went back again I never looked back again And he said, "So when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man" (Whoa oh oh oh) so when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man "It's the last hour Of the last day Don't fall so far behind now You'll be another nameless face" He said, "So when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man" (Whoa oh oh oh) so when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man So when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man (Whoa oh oh oh) so when ambition Turns into competition I'll never be the better man