I heard, "Go on, and go But just know where you're goin' is a dead end Playin' in bars only makes you the star of house band" And sometimes the hardest part was just to keep playin' I'd been gone long ago if I'd listened To what they were sayin', what they were sayin' But I didn't, I don't, I never will No, they just started a fire they can't control And I wouldn't trade one moment for the way it feels Knowin' I didn't, I don't, I never will They say seein' your name up the lights You know it's gonna change up You'll look in the mirror some night And you'll see a stranger But you gotta play the game If you ever wanna play to the big crowds You've gone as far as you'll ever go Unless your willin' to sell out, girl, sell out Well, I didn't, I don't, I never will No, they just started a fire they can't control And I wouldn't trade one moment for the way it feels Knowin' I didn't, I don't, I never will Oh, I never will Money and fame, it'll go to your head if you get it They never did understand all the reasons we did it I can call out the names and the faces of the people who said it Oh, but honestly, I just don't want 'em to get any credit Oh, I didn't, no, I never will, I never will Oh, they just started a fire they can't control, oh no, no And you know I wouldn't trade one moment for the way it feels The way it feels I didn't, I don't, I never will I never will