The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      Back when I was just seventeen   I thought that I knew everything   I could make it in this scene   To be a risin' star that only gleamed   When all the answers disagreed   With the questions held for me      I was legal now at twenty-one   I knew the way the world should run   My God, just look what I had done   Simply drunk and havin' fun   Looked for friends but I found none   All alone at twenty-one      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      At twenty-five I was surprised   That I was even half alive   Somehow I managed to survive   I felt my body's doin' time   In my back a hundred knives   All from my friends at twenty-five      And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell   I'd buy your life if you'd sell   And you would too if less compelled   So live your life and live it well   Theres not much left of me to tell   I just got back up each time I fell      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men      The fire burns on   And all that drives me on   Till all is gone except   The simple plans of mice and men