It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This


It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This

Words: Manns, Music: Manns. © 2024 Fat Statues.
Got a belly full of beer and a glint in my eye
It doesn't get much better than this
Keys to my Porsche that's parked up outside
It doesn't get much better than this
Sat on the terrace in the hot hot sun
It doesn't get much better than this
No one to answer to my work's all done
It doesn't get much better than this

It doesn't get much better than this
One day you're down, the next day you're in clover
It doesn't get much better than this
Once it's begun, it will soon be over

Head to the Nürburgring for a pitstop
It doesn't get much better than this
A cold war hotel on a mountain top
It doesn't get much better than this
Eating my dinner with a Michelin star
It doesn't get much better than this
Night panorama from a TV tower
It doesn't get much better than this

It doesn't get much better than this
I've really got no worries whatsoever
It doesn't get much better than this
Something this good, it can't last forever

A late night stroll through Budapest
It doesn't get much better than this
Watching Verstappen kick Lewis's ass
It doesn't get much better than this
Swimming a mile right across the bay
It doesn't get much better than this
Lightning storms at the end of the day
It doesn't get much better than this

It doesn't get much better than this
I really should be loving every minute
It doesn't get much better than this
I've gone so far, but my heart's not in it

So why am I so sad?
Oh why am I so sad?

I've tried so hard, I feel like a phony
With my best friend, but I feel so lonely
Collision course that I can't outmanoeuvre
Now that I've won, why do I feel like a loser?

2000 miles, and more to go
It doesn't get much better than this
Driving too quickly down a mountain road
It doesn't get much better than this
Stop at a random town called Chooz
It doesn't get much better than this
Scaring a Frenchman, playing Boules
It doesn't get much better than this

It doesn't get much better than this
I'll wear a smile, but it's just pretending
It doesn't get much better than this
Each day that's passed is closer to the ending

“Something this good, it can’t last forever”

“Ronnie and I went on an epic road trip in 2023, the journey of a lifetime. We drive 3400 miles in 17 days down to Budapest to watch the Hungarian Grand Prix. We’ve both worked really hard for years to get to a position where we could do this, and for a couple of weeks we could just switch off and enjoy ourselves.

It was a very special time full of amazing experiences for both of us and I look back on it really fondly, but for me, my mental health really wasn’t in a good place.

I was so lucky to be able to do those amazing things , but my head was in a dark cloud, I was riddled with imposter syndrome and I felt so guilty for not enjoying things as much as I felt I should.

I wrote this in a hotel room in Crikvenica, Croatia.”

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