How to Live

When I'm giving advice to others

I take more than I can give

It's a birds eye view of what I want you to do

or how to live

And I really don't have to suffer

I still do it anyway

I'm a diamond in the rough

or I'm a dirt clod in the clay

Guess what

I lost my job

It's just my luck

Reveal you've always been the actor

and those puppy dog eyes

Well one of y'alls tellin' the truth

the other one is lying

And it's someone else's fault so often

You're gettin' rude, you're gettin' tall

it's a great big world darlin' your translation is just a little off.

So what,

You made a mistake

You try to hide the time

The time is life

Gets a little bit larger everyday

And it grows till it's out of control

I've been giving my advice to others

trying to tell them how to live

A little lying, a bit of truth

what I'd like for you to do

and how to give

And I really didn't need to suffer

I still did it anyway

What a great big world

I better find some way to stay

Guess what?

You're gettin' old

Still gotta grow up.