Everybody wants to make it up to Heaven   But they don't want to die   Everybody wants seven or eleven   Without rollin' the dice      Just want somethin' for nothin'   Buy one, just to get one free   Or be the first to take someone's lovin'   And not back anything      It don't work that way   There's a price you have to pay   It don't work that way   You gotta step up to the plate      Can't hit a home run   Without being the batter   You won't find your gold   On a silver platter      Everybody wants to win the blue ribbon   Without running the race   Everybody wants to have a perfect body   Without lifting a weight      Rather make a million dollars   Not the old fashioned way   Spend a buck the pick six numbers   Now, all I have to say      It don't work that way   There's a price you have to pay   It don't work that way   You gotta step up to the plate      Can't hit a home run   Without being the batter   You won't find your gold   On a silver platter