If That's What It Is

If that's what it is
Then that's what it is
You're probably right to just forget it
Let's face it you've worked so hard and now you're scarred
And free of any hope
I guess you should mope
Forget what you've planned
Hey, I understand.

If that's what it is
Then that's what it is
Though that's not the way I choose to see it
I have my own view that works with all these jerks and unenlightened fools
I make my own rules, I do what I can
If I hit the wall then maybe its all a part of the plan
Tomorrow will come, today will be gone
And so I put one foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other
And just keep walking on.

If that's what it is
If that's what it is
What also is true
What also is true
Is it may not always be disaster.

I realize that now it is but how it is
Isn't how it's got be
Another day comes, another day goes
And if I get teased or hurt or lied to or punched in the nose
I say I won't cry
I cry until dawn
And then I put one foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other
And just keep walking on.

I'm becoming a man
Maybe all that it means is
I face the world for what it is
And not what I wish it could be
I'm becoming a man
Wanting everything fall into place
I swing, I miss
I'll get through this
I almost guarantee.

One day I'll be thirty
One day I'll be fine
One day I'll make fun of this dramatic life of mine
One day I'll be older
And then I'll write a book
About the choices that I made
The choices that you made
And the chances that I took
The chances that you.

If that's what it is
Then that's what it is
At least until Disney can re-write it
We put our shoes and socks and take the knocks
And wish that it would change.

And maybe it will
And maybe it can
Until then you trust that all
this is just becoming a man
You take your best shot
Cause look what you've got
Go on and put one foot in front of the other.

One foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other
The crip, the geek, the Jew and his mother
And just keep walking on.