The wants in this song are humble on paper: do a little better than the next man. Have more than dimes in a pocket. Find a love that trips the heart like the poets say. Make a better world for my mother.
And then the chorus tells you the price of admission for every single one of them.
from "ALL I EVER WANTED"You gotta be better, baby
You gotta be clever, baby
Gotta have it all together, baby, if you wanna get there
(Ain't easy, ain't easy, ain't easy, but it's nice to be real)
Ain't easy. But it's nice to be real. That's the whole philosophy in one bridge.
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