I went searching for the truth
But in my innocence I found
All the con men and their acrobats
Who stomped me in the ground

If I count up their percentages
I know they´re getting rich
But they haven´t taken everything
Those paybacks are a bitch

Though I´ve lost quite a lot
I am still in control
They can keep what they´ve got
But they can´t have my soul

And if I don´t have this all worked out
Still I´m getting closer, getting closer
I still have far to go no doubt
But I´m getting closer, getting closer

What was ripped off by professionals
Is not all that it seems
While I must live up to contracts

I did not give up my dreams

If I see it as experience
It hasn´t gone to waste
Lately all the missing pieces
Have been falling into place

And if I could go back
And start over somehow
I would not change that much
Knowing what I know now

Though there have been sins, I will regret
Still I´m getting close, getting closer
I don´t have all the answers yet
But I´m getting closer, getting closer

I´m getting closer, yet

I´m a mark for every shyster
From Topanga to Berlin
And I should have learned to kick them out
As soon as they crawled in

So to every bank in Switzerland
That stores my stolen youth
I´m all right because despite the laws
You cannot hide the truth

And although you will say
I am still too naïve
But I have not lost faith
In the things I believe

And if I don´t have a this all worked out
Still I´m getting closer, getting closer

I still have far to go no doubt
But I´m still getting closer, getting closer

Ooh
I´m getting closer, yeah, yeah
Can´t get no closer, no

Searching for the truth
In my innocence I found
Stomp me in the ground
Getting closer, yeah, yeah, ooh