You May Not Get It All

Not quite rooted, feeling low I could have slept away the day My sky's polluted, grinding slow My confidence starting to fray She came in nodding softly, feeling me out She knew I hadn't gotten much rest She said, honey, why not have another coffee And take off some straps? And still I'd like to suggest that You may not get it all, but that's alright You've been trying to brink the ocean with a plastic straw Our paths may still connect the dots despite You're blowing like a brass band In a Mardi Gras, oh She was just in, planning me off For all the nights that I'd begun As her assistant, I could feel The wear these weeks would put on And just as I was leaving The warmth flowed out I said some things I knew I'd regret She said, "Honey, if we're gonna make it home I'm gonna make it home I said, honey, if we're gonna make it through this moment It's gonna take a duet, and perhaps a little more sweat I said, you may not get it all, but that's alright (that's alright) You've been feeling kind of frozen Darling, it's time to thaw Our paths may still connect the dots despite (that's alright) You're hitching to a dreamer With a fatal flaw We may get all that we're after But most likely there'll be give and take Showing patience in our relations Unveils the preciousness of what's at stake Yeah! You may not get it all, but that's alright (that's alright) You've been trying to brink the ocean with a plastic straw Our paths may still connect the dots despite (that's alright) You're blowing like a brass band In a Mardi Gras, oh, whoo