Well a thing was said to me

time's your enemy

it may heal a wound, but it won't hide a scar

and the only thing to do

is to yourself be true

'cause a head that's in the clouds won't see the stars



When I was young I never walked away

I'd nail my colours to the wall

though black and white soon turned to shades of grey

there is one thing that I really know for sure



Nobody's gonna set me up

nobody's gonna set me up



There's a bitterness in you

'cause all you ever do

is to drag your spirit screaming to the floor

but you gotta make your luck

before your time is up

and they take you in your box out through the door



But I'm not saying I don't care at all

I'd rescue you before you drown

but if behind my back they start to talk

I'm a tougher kind of man this time around



Nobody's gonna set me up

nobody's gonna set me up



When you look back and see what you have done

well was it really that much fun

to laugh and kick the fallen ones



Gonna grow another skin

this one's getting thin

I've been bitten twice but never lost my nerve

well you gotta hide the hurt

when people dish the dirt

'cause if you don't try nothing that's what you deserve



There are people with their eyes of green

smiling when you take a fall

maybe a friend or someone never seen

but even with my back against the wall



Nobody's gonna set me up

nobody's gonna set me up



People said to me

time's your enemy

it may heal a wound, but it won't hide a scar



Nobody's gonna set me up

nobody's gonna set me up



And the only thing to do

is to yourself be true

'cause a head that's in the clouds won't see the stars