Do you remember

Look at me

At all the things we said we'd be

We'd beat the house

We'd push the odds

We'd take it all we had the cards



With years to burn

And years to trash

Livin' life based on flash

But somehow reaching for the stars

I think we went a bit too far



Got to get back

Got to get back

Got to get back

I never meant to take it this far

Got to get back

Got to get back

Got to get back



When everything you touch turns gold

Can weigh you down

Can make you old

When metal doesn't ring the same

Reaction from inside your brain

And all the years we offered up

To gods who couldn't get enough

Though we still stay up all night

The mornings aren't quite as bright



Got to get back

Got to get back

Got to get back

I never meant to take it this far

Got to get back

Got to get back

Got to get back



And all those things we thought we learned

As we watch our bridges burn

While standing in the afterglow

I guess we gave them quite a show

And who's to say what it's about

When John Wayne caught the last train out

And Spock and Kirk have had enough

And no one's left to beam me up



Got to get back

Got to get back

Got to get back

I never meant to take it this far

Got to get back

Got to get back

Got to get back

I never meant to take it this far

Yeah

Oh ho

I never meant to take it this far