Old Habits
By Tom Baker © 2008

If all is not lost
Consider the cost
Of your pride and mine
It could be different this time
We all have rolls
We play, it unfolds
The same each time
Your hand in mine

But I can't escape
Old habits don't change
And I can't negate
Good intentions don't mean anything
Again this time

I try, I fight
I stay, we cry
It all seems so familiar
You've heard this song before
The same hook, the same chords
A new verse but the same words
In a different order
But it always sounds the same

I can't escape
Old habits don't change
And I can't negate
Good intentions don't mean anything
Again this time
The same old rhymes
The tired lines
Your tired eyes
But you always played your part
You made it quite an art
You knew right from the start
What we'd have to be