Not Jealous At All Lyrics

You live your life in a golden time

You'd never know it from the way you whine

You think you've earned the right to be adored

But no one's giving trophies out for being born

Another chance that you didn't earn

Another lesson that you'll have to learn

But you don't have to listen to a word I say

You're gonna have to work it out yourself someday

I'm not gonna tell 'bout the way it should be

How everything we wanted you've been given for free

You're already standing where we had to crawl

But you don't know how to use it

And I'm not jealous at all

They lived their lives in a golden time

But then they pulled the ladder up behind

And now they hate you for expecting more

Every generation blames the one before

Another coin for the star machine

Another venue for your self esteem

But never feel guilty just for having fun

Every generation hates the one to come

I'm not gonna tell 'bout the way it should be

How everything we wanted you've been given for free

You're already standing where we had to crawl

But you don't know how to use it

And I'm not jealous at all

Look at what you've been given

All of these strings are pulled for you

I'll never understand; with all this in your hands

This is what you do?

So cast yourself on the center stage

Expecting everyone to give you space

You did the work and now you want the prize

But no one's giving trophies out for doing right

So skip the line and absolve yourself

And leave the wreckage for somebody else

Your future's always gonna be an easy road

You'll only ever play the game in story mode

I'm not gonna tell 'bout the way it should be

How everything we wanted you've been given for free

You're already standing where we had to crawl

But you don't know how to use it

You don't know how to use it

I'm not gonna tell 'bout the way it should be

How everything we wanted you've been given for free

You're already standing where we had to crawl

But you don't know how to use it

And I'm not jealous at all