The movers and the shakers They seem to have it figured out They got plenty of money They know what it's all about You watch them on the TV And you begin to feel You can't beat 'em so you join 'em Go get all that you can steal Oh yeah, soon you're headed for a fall No matter what you have Lord, you can never have it all Sometimes we get so angry And we just don't understand Sometimes when we play the game It don't go like we planned So we blame it on the dealer He mustn't be an honest man And we tell ourselves that we're the victims And start cheatin' when we can Oh yeah, that's when the police begin to call You got to learn the lesson you can never have it all The politicians painted smile Soon begins to fade He's drunk on booze and power Like a priest who just got laid His façade begin to crumble And now he wears a frown And the liberal press finds such a mess When they pull his trousers down Oh yeah, now he's got reporters waitin' in the hall He didn't realize he can never have it all You said you can't please everyone I guess you've got that right I don't care for empty air It's just too damn polite Don't let it make you crazy Ain't no need to grieve There's the door that's what it's for Just open it and leave Oh yeah, you go out and you have yourself a ball You can have a real good time But you can never have it all