Beggar from Beggar by Caitlin Cannon

It was never a white picket fence
Or too much extravagance
But I don’t know when it became whatever I thought I could get
Maybe I lowered the bar
A rung too far
When the world don’t ever give you better than you think you are

I’m saving face now ‘cause I’m no beggar
I’ve got it good so why should I want better
They’ll call me ungrateful but it’s no more clever
Than half the shit I call myself so I can’t get there
When I want more than I’ve been settling for

Now I feel the cold coming on
I look up the leaves are gone
Seems like seasons used to linger and now they just hit and run
Time ain’t no friend of mine
My patience turned to pride
Sayin’ I already failed so I don’t ever have to try

I’m saving face now ‘cause I’m no beggar
I’ve got it good so why should I want better
They’ll call me ungrateful but it’s no more clever
Than half the traps I set myself so I can’t get there
When I want more than I’ve been settling for

Might be stuck in my ways but I know
I’m not a mountain I am a volcano
And I’ve got years of pressure building underneath
So I still put my money on me

Cause I ain’t saving face now
No I’m just a beggar
And I got nothing left to take but desperate measures
So call me ungrateful call me whatever
But I’ll be damned if I don’t see it’s now or never
When I want more than I’ve been settling for

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