Edwyn Collins - For the Rest of My Life lyrics

Way back when I was all of three I fell down and skinned my knee It didn't matter much to me C'est la vie At the tender age of ten, running wild and free I didn't get no sympathy, fine by me I wasn't concerned with the ways of the world and his wife The pattern was set in stone for the rest of my life It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose I'd just turned seventeen when it all went wrong So I sang a different song In a strange and awkward key Doh ray me I cut myself some slack, I headed way down south And though my heart was in my mouth I knew that things would turn out fine Just marking time I wasn't concerned with the way of the world and his wife That pattern was set in stone for the rest of my life It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose And how the years have flown and I'm full grown With a small child of my own Who fell down and skinned his knee C'est la vie He said "It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose"