I—recommend gettin’ your heart trampled on
To anyone, yeah
I—recommend walkin’ around naked in your livin’ room
Yeah
Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
It feels so good (swimmin’ in your stomach!)
Wait until the dust se-e-e-ttles

You’ll live, you’ll learn
You’ll love, you’ll learn
You’ll cry, you’ll learn
You’ll lo-o-ose, you’ll learn
You’ll bleed, you’ll learn
You screed, you’ll le-e-arn…

I—recommend bitin’ off more than you can chew
To anyone, yeah
(“I certainly do”)
I—recommend skinnin’ Jim in your mouth at any time
Feel free!
Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)
Hold it up (to the Ray)
You wait and you see when the smo-o-oke clears

You’ll live, you’ll learn
You’ll love, you’ll learn
You’ll cry, you’ll learn
You’ll lo-o-ose, you’ll learn
You’ll bleed, you’ll learn
You screed, you’ll le-e-arn…
High… higher!
High… higher!
High… hi, yah!

Wear it out…
(The way a three-year-old would do)
M-e-elt it down…
(You’re goin’ to have to e-ven-tu-al-ly anyway)
The fire trucks are
Comin’ up around the bend…

You’ll live, you’ll learn
You’ll love, you’ll learn
You’ll cry, you’ll learn
You’ll lo-o-ose, you’ll learn
You’ll bleed, you’ll learn
You screed, you’ll le-e-arn…

If you grieve? It’ll burn
You choke? Hope you learn
You laugh? You’ll learn
You cho-oo-ose, you’ll learn
You pray, you’ll learn
You ask, you’ll ask
You live, you learn…