all your grand plans and gritted teeth all your pride they ll cut you down to count the rings measure your worst years count off all the days write on the walls who wants to live this way bent by the breeze until you stay or break yeah we ve had better years but bad years look better when they re gone count down the days until you get away check your last list yeah we ve had better years but bad years look better when they re gone bent by the breeze until you stay or you break all your grand plans and gritted teeth all your bent and burnt pride they ll cut you down to count the rings measure out your worst years we re bent into shape we stay or we break