Getting Closer

<br>I went searching for the truth<br>But in my innocence I found<br>All the con men and their acrobats<br>Who stomped me in the ground<br>If I count up their percentages<br>I know they`re getting rich<br>But they haven`t taken everything<br>Those paybacks are a bitch<br><br>Though I`ve lost quite a lot<br>I am still in control<br>They can keep what they`ve got<br>But they can`t have my soul<br>And if I don`t have this all worked out<br>Still I`m getting closer, getting closer<br>I still have far to go no doubt<br>But I`m getting closer, getting closer<br><br>What was ripped off by professionals<br>Is not all that it seems<br>While I must live up to contracts<br>I did not give up my dreams<br>If I see it as experience<br>It hasn`t gone to waste<br>Lately all the missing pieces<br>Have been falling into place<br><br>And if I could go back and start over somehow<br>I would not change that much<br>Knowing what I know now<br>Thought there have been sins<br>I will regret<br>Still I`m getting close, getting closer<br>I don`t have all the answers yet<br>But I`m getting closer, getting closer<br><br>I`m a mark for every shyster<br>From Topanga to Berlin<br>And I should have learned to kick them out<br>As soon as they crawled in<br>So to every bank in Switzerland<br>That stores my stolen youth<br>I`m alright because despite the laws<br>You cannot hide the truth<br><br>And although you will say<br>I am still too naive<br>But I have not lost faith<br>In the things I believe<br><br>And if I don`t have a this all worked out<br>Still I`m getting closer, getting closer<br>I still have far to go no doubt<br>But I`m still getting closer, getting closer