Someone else's success is not your failure
Except when it is
Like, if you're an actor and another actor
Gets the part you auditioned for
Well then- then it is
But, hey
It's ok
I still love you, Actor
So don't hate me when I say
If at first you don't succeed
If life don't give ya what ya need
Just try and try again
If you give it your best shot
And the assholes say it's not
Just try and try again
Just try and try and try and try
And try and try and try
'Till the day that you die
The cream always rises to the top
Except when it won't
Like, if you slave away for years at writing
And you find yourself in the same place now
As you were when you started-
Then it don't
But yo!
You gotta know
That even though it's so cliche
You must go on with the show
And if at first you don't succeed
And your fingers start to bleed
Just try and try again
If you bare your very soul
And the critics' eyeballs roll
Just try and try again
Just try and try and try and try
And try and try and try
'Till the day that you die
If you're standing on a rooftop
And you jump off of the building
Cuz you want it all to end
And you land six feet below
On a fire escape you didn't know was there at all
Then listen friend
Ignore
My oft-repeated line
Dust yourself off, honey,
And respect That was a sign
Cuz if your suicide goes bust
Then you absolutely must not
Try
Don't try again!
Just use the stairs, Walk to the street
See the people, feel the heat
And apply
Yourself again
If at first you don't succeed
If life don't give ya what ya need
Just try and try again
If you throw in your whole heart
And they go recast the part
Just try and try again
If those big shots condescend
Fuck those bastards, find a friend
And try and try again
And when they cast you out to sea
There's a life boat manned by me
Called Try And Try Again
Just try and try and try and try
And try and try and try
'Till the day that we die
And I'll try
Hard as I can to thrive
If you help me survive
As long as we're alive