Ain't no trick

I used to watched him play, Friday night

Fingers dancing easy, looked like breath

Sat there thinking, man, he got it right

Born with something I ain't gonna get

Yeah, I told myself he had the gift

Some lucky break I'm never gonna get

But there ain't no trick, no

Ain't no trick at all

There ain't no trick, Lord

Just years I pissed against the wall

Ain't no trick, no

Ain't no trick at all

And that hurts worse, yeah

Than never knowing at all

Spent half my life waiting for my turn

Talent was a lottery, just needed luck

Never saw him broke, fingers going numb

Never saw him play to a room that didn't give a fuck

I just saw the light, never the dark

Thought he was blessed, never knew the cost

But there ain't no trick, no

Ain't no trick at all

There ain't no trick, Lord

Just time I'll never get at all

Ain't no trick, no

Ain't no trick at all

And that hurts worse, yeah

Than never knowing at all

Now my fingers cramp, my back won't quit

Staring at the frets like they owe me back

Twenty years too late, still ain't worth a shit

Knowing what it takes don't mean I got what he had

That bastard made it look so easy

Oh Lord, mmm

There ain't no trick, no

Ain't no trick at all

There ain't no trick, Lord

Just time I'll never get at all

Ain't no trick, no

Ain't no trick at all

And I still want it, yeah

I still want it all

Ain't no trick

No trick at all

Still watching

Still small