You push the pedal but the thing won't go You try to learn it but you just don't knowWho's holding bullets for your twisted gun? You've spun it so that I may be the oneAnd what will your wounded soul just spell? He's playing dead among the things that he will never tellWhen will your wounded soul just see That nothing here grows out of secrecy?You're never gonna be rich How you ever gonna know?If you never open your eyelids Tell me how you're gonna find goldYou're telling me you've never been kissed Maybe that's the way it goesIf you never learn to take nothing How you gonna learn to let go?You're moving on or are you running scared? It won't be long before the game gets fairSo you sit in silence and you plead your case You call it wisdom but they're just mistakesAnd they'll never need you back in Oregon Can't build no story on the same old songAnd giving up is such a bitter taste I see the sour growing on your faceYou say you're never gonna be rich How you ever gonna know?If you never open your eyelids Tell me how you're gonna find goldYou're telling me you've never been kissed Maybe that's the way it goesIf you never learn to take nothing How you gonna learn to let go?Ohh oh-oh-ohOhh oh-oh-ohOhh oh-oh-ohOhh oh-oh-ohOhh oh-oh-ohYou say you're never gonna be richHow you ever gonna knowIf you never open your eyelidsTell me how you gonna find gold