Lyrics

If You Always Do What You've Done, You'll Always Get What You've Got

(Verse 1)
For years he?d worked the same dead-end job and he was broke and deep in debt,
He sat slumped down on a park bench, discouraged as a man can get.
An old distinguised southern gent stepped out from a limosine just then,
And walked over and sat beside him askin?, ?Can I help you friend??

Well, that man poured out his soul, then the old gent said, ?Son, I?ve walked in your shoes.
Yes, I was once trapped in a rut and strugglin? just like you.?
Then from his three-piece taylored suit he pulled out an old rusty pocket knife,
And said, ?Engraved upon this handle are the words that changed my life.?

(Chorus)
?If you always do what you?ve done, you?ll always get what you?ve got.
If you don?t stop to change your ways you?ll never get on top.
You must correct your course, set new goals, fill your mind with goodly thoughts,
If you always do what you?ve done, you?ll always get what you?ve got.?

(Verse 2)
Well, the old gent said, ?You?ve got to learn that you must stay in control,
Even though the bumpy roads of life can take their toll,
?Cause your own thoughts and actions will determine what you?ll be,
And don?t ever stop believin? in yourself and in your dreams."

"Yes, I was once a broken man, and runnin? out of time,
Held captive by my vices and a prisoner of my mind.
Then one dark day a stranger came and changed my point of view,
He read these words and gave me this ol? knife ... now I?m given it to you."

(Chorus)
If you always do what you?ve done, you?ll always get what you?ve got.
If you don?t stop to change your ways you?ll never get on top.
You must correct your course, set new goals, fill your mind with goodly thoughts,
If you always do what you?ve done, you?ll always get what you?ve got.

(Repeat Chorus)