(soft piano music)
♪ Howard drives a minivan to the cruise ships ♪
♪ From Fort Lauderdale ♪
♪ And it's been that way since 1994 ♪
♪ Does his business on a flip phone ♪
♪ With the most obnoxious ringtone ♪
♪ I didn't ask, but I can tell he's from New York ♪
♪ He spoke proudly of his daughter ♪
♪ And that this fall, she'd be in college ♪
♪ And that he always wished he'd gotten his degree ♪
♪ You can tell he came from nothing ♪
♪ Built a future out of hustling ♪
♪ And somehow I'm the one you people pay to see ♪
♪ Oh, isn't that just the way it goes ♪
♪ You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated ♪
♪ Oh, how am I the only one who knows ♪
♪ I'm half the man of the men that drive me places ♪
♪ Danny showed up early, 15 minutes 'til 5:30 ♪
♪ Making sure that I'd be on my morning flight ♪
♪ He said he'd love to fix computers ♪
♪ But that he can't until he's fluent ♪
♪ He spends his driving money taking class at night ♪
♪ He wore a neatly ironed dress shirt ♪
♪ And he helps his kids with homework ♪
♪ Deep inside, I couldn't help but ask myself ♪
♪ Why that night I'm up on stage, everybody knows my name ♪
♪ While Danny's early picking up somebody else ♪
♪ Oh, isn't that just the way it goes ♪
♪ You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated ♪
♪ Oh, how am I the only one who knows ♪
♪ I'm half the man of the men that drive me places ♪
♪ And now everything's not given ♪
♪ I work hard to make a living ♪
♪ But I'll give credit where I think the credit's due ♪
♪ Maybe you got dealt a good hand ♪
♪ Maybe you play it the best that you can ♪
♪ But I don't know how far ♪
♪ I'd walk without those cards ♪
♪ In Howard or Danny's working shoes ♪
♪ But that's just the way it goes ♪
♪ You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated ♪
♪ Oh, how am I the only one who knows ♪
♪ I'm half the man of the men that drive me places ♪
♪ Of the men that drive me places ♪
(soft piano and guitar music)