Noah Floersch - I Don’t Pick the Music lyrics

I met an old man at a local burnout bar
He was nursing a whiskey
And smoking a long cigar
He told me his wife cheated, left
 and broke his heart now he drinks at night
To keep out all the dark

I asked him "How do you make
It through the day?
What keeps you going now that
She has gone away?"
He closed his eyes a second
And tilted his head
And told me something I don't
Think I'll ever forget

He said "I don't pick the music
I just dance
Sometimes all that you can do is
Do all that you can
And oftentimes I wonder if it's
All part of a plan
But I don't pick the music, I just da-a-ance
No, I don't pick the music, I just dance"

Bartender told me that she's
Sick of pouring beers
She's worked here everyday for
Twenty-five long years
She used to dream she'd have
A big acting career
She just never made it out of here

I asked her "How do you
Make it through the day?
What keeps you going since that
Dream has gone away?"
She said the best advice that
She had ever heard
Was from the old man sitting next to me
So listen to his words

Oh he said "I don't pick the music
I just dance
Oh and sometimes all that you can do
Is do all that you ca-a-an
And oftentimes I wonder
Is it all part of a pla-a-an?
But I don't pick the music, I just da-a-ance
No, I don't pick the music, I just dance"

So when I don't really
Know who's in control
Or what the hell is going on
I can always find some comfort in the fact
That I am not the only one
Oh we're confused, and lost, and lonely
And we don't know what to do
But we're on this ride together, so
Here's to you

I don't pick the music, I just dance
And sometimes all that you can do
Is do all that you can oftentimes I wonder
Is it all part of a plan?
But I don't pick the music, I just da-a-ance
I don't pick the music