This Time 'Round

They pick you up just to throw you back down
They give a hand just to push you around
And it ain’t in the bible or a rule book for life
It’s all in knowing how to tell yourself you got it right

Cause every time they say you’re not enough
And every time they say you don’t have what it takes to make it
Every time you prove that you are tough
Cause you pick yourself up off the ground
And you swear that you will make it this time ‘round

A hundred letters back telling you ‘no’
But a hundred more saying this is your show
It’s not exactly science, if you’re heard or you’re not
But no one’s gonna listen if you pull your next shot

So every time they say you’re not enough
And every time they say you don’t have what it takes to make it
Every time you prove that you are tough
Cause you pick yourself up off the ground
And you swear that you will make it this time ‘round

Maybe it takes a year
Maybe it takes 20 more
Nothing’s in your way but the fear
That you’re wasting your time
That you’re just gonna fail
But your courage has got to prevail

So that every time they say you’re not enough
And every time they say you don’t have what it takes to make it
Every time you’ll prove that you are tough
Cause you pick yourself up off the ground
And you swear that you will make it this time ‘round