Nothing Is Good Enough

Once upon a time is how it always goes But I'll make it brief What was started out with such excitement Now I'd gladly end with relief In what now has become a familiar motif: That nothing is good enough For people like you Who have to have someone take the fall And something to sabotage-- Determined to lose it all Critics at their worst could never criticize The way that you do No, there's no one else, I find, To undermine or dash a hope Quite like you And you do it so casually, too Cause nothing is good enough For people like you Who have to have someone take the fall And something to sabotage-- Determined to lose it all Ladies and gentlemen-- Here's exhibit a Didn't I try again? And did the effort pay? Wouldn't a smarter man Simply walk away? It doesn't really help that you can never say What you're looking for But you'll know it when you hear it, Know it when you see it walk through the door So you say-- So you've said many times before But nothing is good enough For people like you Who have to have someone take the fall And something to sabotage-- Determined to lose it all