Lessons on living

Write down a list of all your recent hit and misses baby
You are not at all to blame you try and tell yourself
The ecstasy's waiting on the other side of your fence baby
Greener grass is growing for the lonely and oppressed

Write down a letter to yourself to read when you are older
To see how much you've grown in just the space of twenty years
So much can change and still you feel as though your life over
Please don't give up now you've got so much to offer dear

You've got your bags packed throw them in the backseat
Make a prayer for something you have yet to find
You are lovely that's what you are simply marvelous
It's tragic the way you fall behind

Write down a song to sing when you are feeling crazy
Make it simple so that you can sing it once you're driven mad
Seems it was so long ago you were actually happy baby
Now your only question man is where did it go bad

Write down the story of your broken mirror blue
You used to sit and watch for hours as the world it passed you by
It's so exciting all these lessons on living baby
Don't pretend you did your best you barely even tried

You've got your bags packed throw them in the backseat
Make a prayer for something you have yet to find
You are lovely that's what you are simply marvelous
It's tragic the way you fall behind