There's somethings you never get overnWhatever your parents saynFirst on my list of these three thingsnIs the sight of my father walking awaynNext on my list would be heavennI already know what it's likenCause I fell in love when I was 16 with the absolute love of my lifenLast on my list would be losingnBut someone always needs to winnAnd thumbing your nose at the boss I suppose just feels like a beautiful thingnnAnd it's something that nobody tells younYou figure it out if you cannWell there's one thing on earth that no one can touchnIt's the sleep of a satisfied mannYeah the sleep of a satisfied mannnAnd I don't know why I love believingnBut it's not from lack of loving younYou can't remember when you stopped breathing and I can't remember it toonBut I'm coming home tomorrownAnd I wanted you to knownThat the part of me that can make you smile is the same part that needed to gonnAnd it's something that nobody tells younYou figure it out if you cannWell they can't interfer or get inside of herenTo the sleep of a satisfied mannYeah the sleep of a satisfied mannnOf all the things I've had to learnnOne won't quitnNo matter how I trynOne won't quitnIt's all that I can standnOne won't won't quitnI'll never learn to say goodbyenBut I hope for your sake that you cannnAnd on April 2nd the birth of my heartnThe day that the zombie awoke with a startnWhen I fell for Button and she fell for menBack in the spring of 1993nJanuary 7th 2005 the birth of my blood came fully to lifenWhen I see St. Peter and ask for my wingsnJust leave me that memory and the joy that it bringsnnIt's something that nobody tells younYou figure it out if you cannIt's the things that you never get overnBuild the character of a mannnAnd if heaven and family and childrennAre what's left of me when I dienThen I hope for your sake that you're better than me at this learning to say goodbyennYeah if heaven and family and childrennAre what's left of the race that I rannThen I'll quietly slip to the slumbering peace of thensleep of a satisfied mannYeah the sleep of a satisfied mannYeah the sleep of a satisfied mannI'm satisfied