Only Gotta Start / Simply The Best (Live) Lyrics

I shouldn't be still playing this stupid bar

Banging out Mr. Brightside again on this guitar

Getting cynical and jaded

Like an old jazz head at Smalls getting faded

It shouldn't be this hard to leave her

The heartbreak and Covid quite the partners

Doubled over wondering why I deserve this

Is this really how the story ends

So I asked Mama, said

Why are my soul and my body playing war in my head

Angel and the devil making love in my bed

How do I stop every way out from turning instead for the worse

She said you only gotta start

Only gotta start

Let go of the dark

Let go of the dark

You only gotta start

Only gotta start

Have a change of heart

Have a change of heart

I shouldn't be still tossing and turning

Where's the power down button for my thinking

Only being honest here in writing

I'll deny it if you ask me in person

I shouldn't be cutting off my old friends

But not making real attempts at new ones

Am I just a stray boat in the ocean

No direction just floating

So I asked mama said

Why are my soul and my body playing war in my head

Angel and the devil making love in my bed

How do I stop every way out from turning instead for the worse

She said you only gotta start

Only gotta start

Let go of the dark

Let go of the dark

You only gotta start

Only gotta start

Have a change of heart

Have a change of heart

Now there's a knot you can tie at the end of your rope

There's a climb you can take at the end of your slope

Move on

Move on

I shouldn't be still playing this stupid bar

Banging out Mr. Brightside again on this guitar

But if it's all that I amount to

How will I find a way to pull through

Well I only gotta start

I call you when I need you, my heart's on fire

You come to me, come to me wild and wild

When you come to me

Give me everything I need

Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams

Speak the language of love like you know what it means

and it can't be wrong

Take my heart and make it strong

You're simply the best

Better than all the rest

Better than anyone

Anyone I've ever met

I'm stuck on your heart

I hang on every word you say

Tear us apart

Baby, I would rather be dead

In your heart, I see the start of every night and every day

In your eyes, I get lost, I get washed away

Just as long as I'm here in your arms

I'll be ok

You're simply the best

Better than all the rest

Better than anyone

Anyone I've ever met

Ooh, I'm stuck on your heart

I hang on every word you say

Tear us apart

Baby, I would rather be dead

Each time you leave me, I start losing control

I can feel you in my heart and I can feel you in my soul

I want you so bad even when I'm alone

Oh ohh you're the best

You're simply the best

Better than all the rest

Better than anyone

Anyone I've ever met

Ohh I'm stuck on your heart

I hang on every word you say

Tear us apart

Baby I would rather be dead

You're the best