How to Live

Lyrics

When I'm giving advice to others I take more than I can give It's a bird's-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'all's tellin' the truth The other one is lying And it's someone else's fault so often You're gettin' rude or gettin' tossed It's a great big world, darlin' Your translation is just a little off So what? You made a mistake That you tried to hide The tiny, the tiniest lie Gets a little bit larger every day And it grows till it's out of control I've been giving my advice to others I try to tell them how to live A little lie and a bit of truth, what I'd like for you to do And how to get it And I really didn't need to suffer I still did it anyway What a great big world I better find some way to explain it Guess what You're gettin' old You still gotta grow up