Some people have it: The winning habit, the spark that takes them far,
Don't know what to name it, or how you can tame it, but they rise up like a star,
But you know that you can trust someone who has really felt the pain of standing still when the world goes by,
When time passes, it all looks the same.

Nothing has changed on the backburner; there's not much happening here,
Sometimes I think you must be a slow learner to wake up year after year with not much to say, not much to do, not much to show you that your calling is true,
Backburner.

You feel so lonely,
Your faith goes only as far as you can see,
Your feet in chains while your heart's in flames,
And everybody says, "You've gotta think positively,"
But there's a man who had to rot in a cell before he ever sat on the throne,
The only change that'll ever hold up goes under the skin, clear to the bone.

Nothing has changed on the backburner; there's not much happening here,
Sometimes I think you must be a slow learner to wake up year after year,
Nothing has changed on the backburner; there's not much happening here,
Sometimes I think you must be a slow learner to wake up year after year with nothing to do, nothing to say, nothing to take this old feeling away,
Backburner.

Nothing has changed on the backburner; there's not much happening here,
Sometimes I think you must be a slow learner to wake up year after year, after year, after...
Nothing has changed on the backburner; there's not much happening here,
Sometimes I think you must be a slow learner to wake up year after year with not much to say, not much to do, not much to show you that your calling is true,
One day, it's gonna be through - this backburner.

Backburner,
Backburner.

Say man, what are you cooking back there?
It must be awful good; it's been on there a long time,
Ooh, hey, hey, hey, hey,
Give it to me,
Get back,
Way, way, way, way back,
Ooh,
B-b-b-b-b-b-b-backburner.