[Verse 1] Doesn't matter where you start out Dropped out of school before it was done Grease on my hands at the local garage Popped the hood, stared at the engine running Boss walked over with a cold soda, laughing "Don't you settle for this life right here" [Verse 2] Winter morning, my second year I told him straight what was on my mind "I wanna learn more about these machines" He handed me a card, said "Go on, walk through that door" [Chorus] Don't you settle for this life right here Nothing's over, nothing's done Keep on believing, it all connects somehow That's all it ever really was [Verse 3] Twenty years gone by since that day Sales and numbers, I did it all But it was the nights with the factory guys Talking parts and lines till it got so late That's when I felt the most alive [Bridge] Keep on believing, that's the whole thing That's all I know now, that's all I know [Chorus] Don't you settle for this life right here Nothing's over, nothing's done Standing in front of the young ones now Still saying the same old thing today [Outro] "Don't you settle for this life right here" "Don't you settle for this life right here"
