Ante Up

the last thing that i want to do right now<br>is scream one more line <br>about the words that fall from your mouth<br>landing somewhere just short of my feet<br>some long, sad, boring list of let downs<br>that i have talked about a thousand times before<br><br>some spark i thought i saw in you<br>needed to see in you <br>wished i could see in you<br>but was just a real damn bluff<br><br>i threw away aces and you showed me deuces<br>the key is having the guts to raise with <br>the second highest hand<br><br>i have spent so much time<br>folding bad cards and eating my words<br>i`ve said some awful things to some real good people<br>that i no longer have a problem admitting when i am wrong<br>and can just sit back and wait for the next deal to come<br>and if the worst thing in my life<br>is long-ass rides and hug filled good-byes<br>and i can still be mystified <br>by pretty smiles, crushes and mix tapes<br>then i guess things really aren`t so bad<br><br>and i have never known much about silver linings<br>but i can look around this van and see <br>five faces that breath life into me<br>kings over jacks<br>splash my chips across the table <br>take my shot<br>i`m all in