Lyrics

[Verse 1] Oh, what a gift it is to be noticed But it's nothin’ to do with me You've got to wonder if there's a reason to believe [Chorus] It’s a lifetime of learnin' to paint by numbers And watchin' the colours run [Verse 2] It's a little bit complicated When they put an image in your head, and now you're stuck with it You're the luckiest, oh, the irony Holdin' the weight of the American children whose hearts you break Was it a tragedy when you told her "I'm not even thirty-three"? A little self-compassion and a life within your means [Bridge] It’s a lifetime of pickin’ from one or the other Kids with water guns, watch them run [Chorus] It's a lifetime of learnin’ to paint by numbers And watchin' the colours run