Wake up to the sunlight with your windows open 

Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken 

Wear your red dress, use your good dishes 

Make a big mess and make lots of wishes 



And have what you want, but want what you have 

And don't spend your life looking back 



Turn up the music 

Turn it up loud 

Take a few chances and let it all out 

'Cause you won't regret it 

Looking back from where you have been 

'Cause it's not who you knew 

And it's not what you did 

It's how you live 



So go to the ballgames and go to the ballet 

And go see your folks more than just on the holidays 

Kiss all your children, dance with your wife 

Tell your husband you love him every night 



Don't run from the truth 'cause you can't get away, no 

Face it and you'll be okay 



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Oh, wherever you are and wherever you've been 

Now is the time to begin 

So give to the needy, and pray for the grieving 

Even when you don't think that you can 

'Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you 

So think of your fellow man 

And make peace with God, and make peace with yourself 

'Cause in the end, there's nobody else 



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