You and me forever

We belong together

And we'll always endeavor

Through any type of weather

You want everything to be just like

The stories that you read, but never write

You've gotta learn to live and live and learn

You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn

Or you'll get burned

We wrote our names down on the sidewalk

But the rain came and washed them off

So we should write them again on wet cement

So people a long time from now will know what we meant

You want every morning to be just like

The stories that you read, but never write

You've gotta learn to live and live and learn

You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn

I'm only concerned

I'm adding something new to the mixture

So there's a different hue to your picture

A different ending to this fairytale

And no sunset into which we sail

You want everything to be just like

The stories that you read, but you can't write

You've gotta learn to live and live and learn

You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn

Or you'll get burned